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“I think you can do as much damage to yourself going to the gym and running as you do good. So my mission in life is just to keep myself 'good' - in good health, as fit as I can be, a little bit of stretching, and just think positive and enjoy life.”
“I thought that's where I would go: I would become a Shakespearian actor.”
“It's important to me to keep testing myself in life so that I don't get pigeonholed.”
“People are innately curious.”
“There's no secret it's hard work. Even though Brian's the love of my life, and he's absolutely adorable, it's not easy, and we have to work at it. But because we love each other and keep working at it, it pays off.”
“I'm very protective of friends and family.”
“I can do glamour, but I can also play something like I did in the play 'Wild Justice,' where I was demented with grief and anger, and there was snot coming out of my nose, and my clothes were all over the place.”
“The last place you'll find me is the gym. It seems to me to be a waste of time - I could spend that time doing so many other things.”
“I think if you make a decision to leave a job, a home, a relationship, then you've usually got a pretty major reason to do so, and you should probably stick with that.”
“I'm up at the crack of dawn. If I'm filming, then I'll wake at 5 A.M. so that I can get on set and made up before the cameras start rolling.”
“I refused to describe myself as an actress until 'EastEnders' because, until then, I couldn't support myself without doing other jobs.”
“Something devastating can happen to you, and it can have positive consequences. By the same token, something fantastic can happen, and it can bring a lot of trouble. That's life.”
“I went from being a jobbing actress who was just earning a living to being the second most photographed woman in Britain, next to Princess Diana - but it was exciting, too, and I wouldn't have swapped it for a second.”
“Everything in life is a double-edged sword.”
“'EastEnders' changed everything. I was a jobbing actress living in Stepney, and I was on the dole at one point. Then people started to send me scripts, which was always my dream.”
“I'm a great believer that you should always tell people they are wonderful, as we're all insecure at heart, especially in our industry.”
“I'm pretty fit. We've got a lot of stairs in our house, and I'm up and down them all the time. Plus, I don't smoke, and I'm vegetarian.”
“Radio means you can play parts that aren't based on your looks or your age. It's a lot of fun. You can do tremendous things - play more diverse characters - that you wouldn't get to do in theatre or TV.”
“Brian and I have ups and downs like every marriage does. Although he's a legend, he's still, inside, an ordinary man, and I have got to remember that once we get inside the door, it's just us two.”
“Whether the public like me or not, I am who I am.”