I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen.

If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it, and do it honestly.

If I didn't have children I might be more of a lush than I am. I like booze. I struggle with smoking. And I'm a big swearer. I'm trying to rein it in but I do think it's a nice seasoning of language.

I'm not a pin-up, thankfully. I'm not suggesting I feel unconfident. I am beautiful to my husband. I am beautiful to my friends. I feel sexy and all those things with the people I love.

I feel fortunate that I'm not a beauty. I'm not a classic beauty. I feel it is harder for girls who are like that. There are fewer parts.

Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.

The first time I did a school play was the first time I felt I was good at anything at all. I just loved it.

I always assumed I'd be a terribly patient mum but it turns out I'm not!

I love my job and I know I am very lucky but still, if you audition and you don't get it, it still affects you.

I don't like the bullying, do-one-over style of comedy. It's so cheap.

I had a lovely, feral, free childhood - out and then come back when you're hungry or it gets too dark. I feel slightly cruel that I'm not offering my children the same.

As a general rule the one who is not easily accessible is more valuable.

But there is one place where a person can make choices that will lead in a small way toward greater sanity in dealing with the natural order. That place is the private garden.

I'm especially grateful that they're here at a time when the rest of Ireland is focused on the final round of the Six Nations rugby tournament and the last match of the legendary Brian O'Driscoll.

You might be a redneck if you grow Vidalia onions, rather than considering them a gourmet item.

Music, I think, he makes me feel like music

Pray for divine guidance in your goal setting

There is nothing that could be revealed about a pastor that has not already been covered by the blood of Jesus

When I first started working it was as if I didn't understand myself. The fact that I didn't understand myself was tied up with not understanding where I came from, where I began.

All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.

I think everyone needs a goal. And what kind of goal will be important. And for that we have to study and we have to be intelligent.