It's always uneven, love; it's unbalanced and it's obviously even worse when it comes to someone wanting to part from someone who isn't willing to. I….

Spending way too long worrying about what people think about me is a bad habit..

Stresses in a marriage and in family life, sometimes they're prompted by whatever is going on in the wider world as well as what's going on behind yo….

No matter how many frustrations come along, or how many problems arise, I never lose the feeling of how lucky I am. I'm so pleased to be doing a job ….

I think that there's an idea in 2016 that if a woman doesn't have it all then she's lacking in some way, and I think that 'having it all' is the kid,….

I started writing sketches with Dennis Kelly, who I ended up writing 'Pulling' with. We entered a BBC competition and did quite well, then started wr….

I never felt like I had to rebel against my convent upbringing, because it was comparatively regular..

Any big televised event that starts at the crack of dawn is worth getting up for. I've done it all my life: big boxing matches, royal weddings, even ….

Hackney gets a bit of a bad rap, but it's the only place I've ever lived that felt like a community. I know my neighbours..

I was the kid who liked making other people laugh, so maybe the comedy came before the acting..

There are lots of actors, and you need a way to stand out. Writing comedy sketches was a way of doing that..

I think the best comedy is tragicomic. Yeah, I suppose if you were to look at everything I've done, there is a bit of a black streak through all of i….

I never used to see anything on TV where the man was in the weaker position. It was always the female showing emotion, breaking down, being emotional….

I'm a sheep when it comes to opinions; I will change my mind and jump on the bandwagon..

Comedians... they're different from actors. There's more ego there. They create the whole thing, I guess, so they're more precious..

I'm a massive scaredy cat. I'm scared of being in a fast car, I'm scared of being on a rollercoaster, I would never go skiing, I would never do anyth….

Comedy is helping a lot at the moment. It also seems to be getting under Trump's skin and revealing a lot about the kind of thin-skinned fool that he….

I'll cry anywhere because I can do it quite subtly. Walking, that's a good time to have a cry..

You've only got a short shelf-life as an actor, and I want to make the most of it while I can..

Personally, my twenties were a complete waste of time. Professionally, I hope some good came of them..

I'm the person who will go to a wedding and switch the place cards around because I don't want to sit next to someone I don't know, because I'm so ba….