I started when I was 21, and it was always about getting the next job - like most actors, that's all it's… — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
Once you've sat in a room annoying Derek Jacobi while he's trying to do his crossword, you're prepped for working with the… — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
It can be tough to turn things down, but as an actor, being in demand is a nice problem to have. — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
I don't have a preferred medium of work, but like all actors, I do like to move from one to the other… — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
The best thing my mum and dad did was to send me to the local youth theatre. I loved that; I felt… — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
When you're a kid, you imagine acting to be singing and fighting and like the movies. Then you become an actor and… — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
There's a really sweet spot with acting where you've finished a job, and you've got another one coming up in three or… — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
I come from a family of scrap metal dealers, so becoming an actor seemed like a ridiculous thing to do, but I'd… — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
I found myself at Cambridge, loved my course, and met these amazing people who got me heavily involved. I presumed I would… — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
My two great fears are either not working or working on something that means you can't do something else you really want. — Nicola Walker Copy Share
'Spooks' was very much of its time and rather unique, so I was more than happy to be in that as a long-runner -… — Nicola Walker Copy Share
I don't really have a treasured possession, but I do love my family's proper old photo album. We all have hundreds of photos on… — Nicola Walker Copy Share
My whole family were from the East End, but they moved away when I was a child. They still cannot get their heads around… — Nicola Walker Copy Share
I'm a proper Essex girl because my family was part of that great exodus from the East End. — Nicola Walker Copy Share
The best thing my mum and dad did was to send me to the local youth theatre. I loved that; I felt I'd found… — Nicola Walker Copy Share
I would like to think that there are more women in positions of power, to actually get these projects off the ground that are… — Nicola Walker Copy Share
I'm a hoarder, but then, when it all gets too much, I turn into a ruthless chucker. I'm very good at clearing out and… — Nicola Walker Copy Share
My family moved out of London's East End to a tiny village. The school I went to was supposed to be mixed gender, but… — Nicola Walker Copy Share
We're all used to seeing a lot of cop shows, some of them brilliant, some of them very generic. — Nicola Walker Copy Share
My dad always jokes that if I ever write an autobiography, which I'm not going to, it'll be called 'It's Tough in the Middle.' — Nicola Walker Copy Share
It was really unusual that the crews on 'Spooks' were a real mix of men and women, and you'd struggle to see many women… — Nicola Walker Copy Share
