102 Quotes by Sarah Lancashire

Most of the career choices I've made have been because of my family.

I'm not always right for the role. And to be honest I think part of your job as an actor is knowing when you're not right for the role.

Children are part of the natural pattern of life. For centuries people have been having children and going to work. You get on with it, that's what life's about.

Watching your own work doesn't get any easier.

I think going to university, getting married, having children, and then having the choice to stay at home to raise those children is a very valid one for women and they shouldn't be castigated for it. It's a great job. Not many men would do it.

I can tell very early on, reading a script, within six or seven pages, whether I'm looking at real people, and whether I can see and hear real people.

Anyone who has to be accountable in a time when resources are shrinking, where transparency is necessary, where the pressures are greater, is going to find that it takes a toll.

I truly believe that love is love and gender is immaterial.

You have to have brilliant people to work opposite, and then it does become like a real tennis match and this is our sport. With somebody like Mark Lewis Jones, who is extraordinary anyway, you just know it's going to be a good match.