So-called reality TV, which dominates British channels, is destroying what made it cherishable to me and lots of others in the first place. I loved Alan Clarke, Ken Loach and Alan Bleasdale's work. In fact the first TV dramas I ever saw were 'Screen Twos' produced by David Thompson, who also produced a lot of Alan Clarke.
When you're part of an ensemble and share the screen with so many people, you become close to them because you're hanging out all the time. Obviously you have your ups and downs, but that kind of brings you closer in many ways.
It took me years to actually get comfortable on the stage. I prefer the intimacy of screen; it comes easier to me. In theater, you have to be louder and bigger - that was harder for many years in my teens. But now I've conquered that. I eat up the stage. I love it.
There is a fine line between being glamorous and vulgar. I am open to glam roles as long as they don't look vulgar on screen.
If the script is boring when I read it, I am sure it would be boring onscreen, too.
I am not interested in doing a film on the basis of a good story. I want a proper screenplay.
Anybody can do glamorous roles. With the latest technology, any girl can be shown beautifully on screen.
I don't go by the screen time. Even if I have one or two scenes, it is essential that people remember me.
I was not wary of playing a mother on screen but wasn't sure if I could do justice to it. Would I be able to showcase that kind of overpowering love without being a 'real' mother?
It's an honour to play a woman cricketer on screen.
