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You've got to be brave.
It's lovely being in a hit.
I have many close male friends.
In the Depression, big musicals made a comeback.
You just need a good plan and then a back-up plan!
I take one day at a time. I've always been like that.
There's no sort of hierarchy at 'Corrie.' The crew get on.
I would always consider going back to 'Coronation Street.'
I wouldn't put myself on the same pedestal as Sarah Lancashire.
The novelty of corsets and dresses and hats very soon wears off.
I bought the 'Happy Valley' DVD because Steve Pemberton was in it.
I'm delighted to join the cast of 'Field Of Blood: The Dead Hour.'
The RSC changed my career, and 'Coronation Street' changed my life.
I miss everyone on 'Coronation Street,' but I don't miss playing Becky.
We have a part-time nanny who does a few afternoons a week. We have a nursery.
You should see the way I walk around on the way to the nursery. I look a state.
I've got a great husband who's very good with Orla - she's a real daddy's girl.
If I had a penny for every time I've been asked if I'm going to work in America.
I'm really looking forward to filming in Glasgow with a top-class cast and crew.
Until I'm actually stood on the set doing the job, I always keep my options open.
I'd be a terrible journalist. I wouldn't want to pry; I just don't have that nature.
One of my first memories is running up and down the theatre at Wakefield Opera House.
As for getting married, I don't have strong feelings, really - I can take or leave it.
Awards go up at Mum and Dad's, but home is home, and I don't like to bring the office home.
Becoming a mother has turned my world upside down, but in a really good way - it's the best.
I agree with my mother that having children removes a layer of skin that you never grow back.
I'm 30; I don't have any commitments, and there are great parts out there that I want to play.
I have been listening to people's advice. Being a parent, you need all the advice you can get.
It's better to have tried and failed than never tried, you can rest easy knowing you gave it a go.
We take each week as it comes; we're juggling just like everybody else. It's all about spinning plates.
I always look so different in different roles, people are never quite sure. Which is the way I like it.
I don't really get a buzz from playing characters that are similar to me 'cause that's not acting to me.
I take my hat off to working mums and especially single working mums. I honestly don't know how they do it.
In the evening, we either go to the cinema or stay in and get a takeaway - my favourites are Chinese or Indian.
All I know is Andrew Davies is an amazing writer; I adore the scripts. I think that Jeremy Piven is outstanding.
There's no point daydreaming about what you want to play, because there might never be a script with that part in.
I don't do resolutions, as I am a rebel without a cause in that respect - I always break them by the second of Jan.!
Don't be fooled. Looks can be deceptive. Like every working mother, I'm paddling away like a duck beneath the water.
When I read the diary of former 'Daily Mirror' editor Piers Morgan, I realised it was a tough old world to be part of.
Our Sunday evenings tend to be quiet and relaxing, and we try to go to bed early before the start of another busy week.
That's the great thing about 'Corrie': it is an ensemble cast, and it didn't rest on one person's shoulders by any means.
As an actress, weekends can be spent working, but my husband, Ryan, works regular hours as an analytics manager for L'Oreal.
You can't go back to work unless you have a great support network, whatever that is. My mum and dad, sister, and husband are great.
I really like lads and grew up with two brothers and all of their mates. I'm also close to several actors that I've played opposite.
On Sunday, we will Skype relatives - my brother lives in America, my best friend is in Canada, and Ryan's family are all in Australia.
Maybe having to pretend to be in love with someone and then jump into bed with them breaks the ice very quickly; friendship follows fast.
I was excited when I first got the call, when I heard BBC Four were making a biography and they were interested in me being a part of it.
I've got a green card, so I can work there any time, but I hate reading about actors going to America, because it's not like that anymore.
I've already been married six times in my career as an actress - twice as Becky - so I think a wedding of my own might feel too much like work!
I always took 'Coronation Street' a year at a time anyway. It was the 50th anniversary; I'd been there five years. It just felt right to leave.