100 Quotes by Helen Baxendale

I originally wanted to be a ballet dancer and trained for years, but when I was around 18, I realized I wasn't going to be as good a ballet dancer as I'd hoped I'd be and decided to become an actress instead.

I watched 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark' about 90 times and knew every word.

I want to age the way that life makes you age, because there's beauty in autumn and winter and I think people forget that.

I always loved films.

You don't keep in contact with many of the people you work with because there are so many. Acting's just a transient job, very occasionally you'll meet people and really hit it off but generally you just know people to say hello to.

Valentine's Day isn't always as much fun as many of us would like.

It's like I'm held up as some kind of beacon of England - or some bloody British bulldog.

I look stern because I've got high cheekbones and a pointy nose, and a lot of my characters have been quite stubborn.

I don't think I could cope with being David Schwimmer-ly famous.