24 Quotes by Neve McIntosh

I am such a tomboy. I grew up fighting with boys, mainly - beating up boys, actually.

Conflict is always more interesting to play. Not everyone gets along in the trauma unit. In a hard-pressed job like this, there will always be friction.

I love playing 'Madame Vastra.' Although I do suffer, spending three-and-a-half hours in make-up every morning to have her lizard skin put on. I was so excited the first day when we did the make-up test, but after six hours, I was like, 'Can we finish now?'

Thankfully, I have never experienced a miscarriage, but I have friends and family who have, and I've talked to them about their feelings.

It's hard to get the downtrodden working-class wifey sometimes because 'You don't look like it'. Well, that's weird because I grew up on a scheme in Paisley. But everyone's got a viewpoint about what you should look like, and it's tainted by prejudices and assumptions.

Women are never the protagonists; we're always reactionary against everything that's done to us. I like people who write for women that have got a bit more about them.

Audiences are a wee bit more chatty in New York than in London.

I really admire medical people. They have a great sense of humour, and they just have to get on with it.

In the Church of Scotland, Episcopalian, you don't have to believe in Heaven, but you definitely have to believe in Hell.