You've worked on some amazing shows, how do you consistently pick successful scripts?
I've been really lucky, I've had a lucky streak of getting lovely scripts and doing jobs that are great! Also, I think I'm a very well-behaved actor, so really that's why they invite me back!

Having played some increasingly larger characters, do you feel like your ready to star in your own series now?
The problem is I can't write for toffee - Ha ha! Every now and then I think I should write something, and I'd love to get a crack at doing my own stuff, but I can't write so that’s no use!

I think hand-in-hand with being a writer would be having less privacy and I am a bit of a homebody at heart. I like putting my pyjama bottoms on, and a coat and taking my baby for a walk. I'm not sure I could handle people noticing me... ...And how awful would it be if you were totally exposed (as a fraud), and people go "Well actually she's shit!" It would be a really horrible feeling!

It would be very rude!
It would be rude, it'd be very mean! Sometimes I have little daydreams thinking wouldn't it be fun to have more of a role, or to do your own thing but at the same time it'd be scary. If people didn't like it, it would be horrid!

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