- [about being costumed] Always start with the feet.
- [her thoughts on viewing Vice the Sex Trade: Policing the Streets (1998)] What made me laugh was when the interviewer called her a prostitute and she said: 'One minute, I'm not a prostitute,' as though she was doing something more honourable by putting a nappy on a fella and giving him his supper. 'Excuse me, I'm not a prostitute.' Such dignity. I thought: 'Dear God, you've offended the prostitutes.'"
- [on visiting Beverly Hills] It's perfect for a holiday, but there's no corner shop. You know what I mean, luv, don't yer? They're very nice to me there, I must say. When they find out that I've played in the West End they say: 'Oh my Gaad.' Once, there was a director who thought of putting me in Bonanza, that show with thingummy [Lorne] Greene. I said: 'But my voice is Lancashire.' He said: 'That doesn't matter, we could have a cowboy whose mother comes from Lancashire.' What a laugh. From Lancashire.
- I first went on stage when I was eight weeks old as the illegitimate child of the village maiden, who was played by my mother. I like to say that it was the only part I've ever got through influence.
- [on working in Morecambe Co-op at the age of 17] I used to look at some of the customers and think, 'if I ever take up acting seriously, I'll play her.' I've played nearly all of them now. People say to me: 'That woman was so lifelike.' I say: 'She is, she lives in Morecambe.'
- Until I got married, when I used to go out, my mother said good bye to me as though I was emigrating.
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