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I don't like the bullying, do-one-over style of comedy. It's so cheap.

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You see thousands of films you forget the minute you come out of the cinema, don't you? Because they don't mean anything. It's the tough ones like 'Breaking the Waves' and 'Nil By Mouth' that stay with you, that you never forget. I'd like to leave a few of those behind if possible.

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If a script is good, you are 10 steps into the part just reading it. But my choices are not all down to my taste. It is about people you have worked with before.

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In fact I was slightly badly behaved at school and got in trouble. I would get a bee in my bonnet about something I thought wasn't right, and I would ape about too, to make everybody laugh. That was my way through my girls' school, because I wasn't very academic.

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I feel fortunate that I'm not a beauty. I'm not a classic beauty. I feel it is harder for girls who are like that. There are fewer parts.

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I love my job and I know I am very lucky but still, if you audition and you don't get it, it still affects you.

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The first time I did a school play was the first time I felt I was good at anything at all. I just loved it.

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I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen.

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I always assumed I'd be a terribly patient mum but it turns out I'm not!

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This may sound mad, but you sort of assume that no one's going to watch what you do. You go on set, have a lovely time, and then you forget anyone's going to see it. So it's always a bit of a shock to be recognized. I get terribly embarrassed.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Actress

Born: January 30th, 1974

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