Kathy Burke

“So if you see me popping up on 'Cats Does Countdown,' you know Kath needs a bit of money.”

“I'm very much a person who walks on egg shells.”

“I can smell trouble miles away.”

“I remember the nuns used to swear quite a lot, so I think maybe it's picking it up from them.”

“I've got faith in my own talent and I always have.”

“I had that C.difficile hospital bug that everyone is going on about. It was an experience. There's not much they can do. They just let you get on with it. It's a breakdown of the whole immune system.”

“In fact, I didn't realize I was 'unattractive' - in inverted commas - until I started acting. It was, 'Oh no, you're not right for the part - we're looking for a pretty girl.'”

“I've been a Labour voter all my life.”

“I was always playing very stupid people, or the fat mate of the main girl.”

“But I don't have any eyebrows.”

“I must be the only actress in history who has been asked to be naked for untitillating reasons.”

“I am always being told off for using bad language but it's sort of lovely really, because it makes me think of my lovely dad who was constantly shouting at me for bad language.”

“I get very excited by these hoity-toity directors with their bells and whistles, but I find simple storytelling done really well just as exciting.”

“It's good to try new things when you're a groovy oldie.”

“I had to prove that I could understand other aspects of human beings and not just little fat girls.”

“I've never been motivated by the money, always by the work.”

“'Walking and Talking' is my love letter to books, '70s television, music and friendship.”

“I want to understand rites of passage I've never experienced, like motherhood.”

“I used to be terribly aggressive in my twenties.”

“I could have my hair really short. I didn't have to wear dresses, I could wear baggy old T-shirts and ripped trousers and monkey boots and I was desirable to boys that were into the same stuff.”