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I Could Suddenly See The Pressures All Around; These Endless Magazines And Cheap Reality Tv Programmes Poking At Women, Humiliating Us For Every Flaw. It Makes Me So Angry. I Really Wonder What It Is We Are Doing To Ourselves, Because I Do Think Women Can Be The Worst Ones For Picking Each Other Apart.

I Always Start From Scratch With A Character - They're Never Based On Anyone Else. You Get Ideas Of What People Look Like, And I'm A Great People Watcher. You Can Draw Inspiration From People.

I'm Becoming More Squeamish. I Didn't Use To Be - Nine Years Of 'silent Witness' Prepared Me For Most Things One Will Have The Misfortune To See In Life. Before, I'd Be Wading Up To My Neck In Gore, But Now I Tend To Look Away.

I Think You Know What You're Up Against When You Take On A Piece That You Know Is Going To Involve Dragging Up A Lot Emotions - You Can End Up Being Deeply Immersed In Gloom.

I Like To Think I'm A Listener, And I'm Fascinated By Observing People - I Suppose You Just Lock That In.