Sarah Lancashire

I am a tea connoisseur and my idea of absolute heaven is a tea shop.

— Sarah Lancashire

I'm not planning on being a health role model.

— Sarah Lancashire

The work I like to do is the work I'm most afraid of.

— Sarah Lancashire

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

— Sarah Lancashire

An 'Ordinary Woman' is the beautiful and achingly poignant portrait of Gwen, a complex and troubled woman in her middle years.

— Sarah Lancashire

Age affects us all in the workplace. We all get a little less appealing as we get older, unfortunately.

— Sarah Lancashire

I can bake but I don't do a lot of baking, mainly because the side effect is not very good for you.

— Sarah Lancashire

I've learnt that it's possible to be as anonymous as you want. It's a choice, and I've become very, very good at…

— Sarah Lancashire

'Tango' is very much an ensemble piece and I was devastated when I read the script.

— Sarah Lancashire

Am I attracted to people who want to give other people a voice? Yes I am, and that may be a 'common…

— Sarah Lancashire

My twenties were a write-off. It's a cruel illness, because you can't see it and you can hide it so well.

— Sarah Lancashire

You know when a script is good but you don't have any knowledge how visually it is going to look. When this…

— Sarah Lancashire

I got married only because I was pregnant. Simple as that. I am a very traditional girl and was horrified at the…

— Sarah Lancashire

I only did five or six weeks in 'Guys and Dolls,' and when I was 26 or so, I was in 'Blood…

— Sarah Lancashire

My father was a TV scriptwriter. He would perform his dialogue out loud, while my mum transcribed it at the typewriter. So…

— Sarah Lancashire

You start out with scripts pre-written, with no specific actor in mind, so you've got to build a character on top of…

— Sarah Lancashire

You have to have brilliant people to work opposite, and then it does become like a real tennis match and this is…

— Sarah Lancashire

I think this country is terribly, horribly obsessed with age, and it really is just this country. If you're still living and…

— Sarah Lancashire

'Kiri' reflects the society we're living in now, where everything has to be transparent and people are under so much pressure. The…

— Sarah Lancashire

I don't like comparing projects. I find it too difficult because I can't objectively look at a piece when I'm so subjectively…

— Sarah Lancashire

I come from a line of women who can bake, so I think I've inherited a bit of family knowledge.

— Sarah Lancashire

If someone was walking round in a T-shirt with Sarah Lancashire on it, I'd find that very disturbing.

— Sarah Lancashire

It was easier to act, in a way, than to be myself. Somehow I just felt I was in the right place.

— Sarah Lancashire

It's too easy to underestimate your audience. But it's not rocket science: bad plays don't get people on seats; good plays do.

— Sarah Lancashire

Love is love. It doesn't matter about sexuality, it's just about how you feel towards somebody else and being good and honest…

— Sarah Lancashire

I would never condone anything which I thought was salacious, titillating, or gratuitous.

— Sarah Lancashire

I have never known what it feels like to wake up in the morning full of the joys of spring, and wander…

— Sarah Lancashire

I don't feel that 40 is anything these days. Our life expectancy is so much greater that maybe 50 is the new 40.

— Sarah Lancashire

Young people are often portrayed in a very negative and stereotypical manner.

— Sarah Lancashire

Love is very complicated and it's never black and white, as I'm sure we all know in our lives.

— Sarah Lancashire

I do find it quite difficult to complete a job and return to normality - it does take a bit of time…

— Sarah Lancashire

I have managed to get through that tricky turn into your 50s with two great roles. It is great to see characters…

— Sarah Lancashire

Marriage is not for everyone, but spiritually it is very necessary for me because I have a desire, a need to feel…

— Sarah Lancashire

I don't like talking about me. I only speak when I have something to say and won't share my personality.

— Sarah Lancashire

There's some truth that roles for older women are harder to come by, but it's wrong for actors to monopolise the ageist…

— Sarah Lancashire

We don't necessarily hear about the fantastic things social services do, because it doesn't make very good drama.

— Sarah Lancashire

Now that I'm in my late 40s, I'm trying to make up for a little bit of lost musicals time.

— Sarah Lancashire

The Barbara Hepworth museum in St. Ives is fascinating. Her achievements were astonishing.

— Sarah Lancashire

'MotherFatherSon' was just an extraordinary read and I wanted to be a part of it.

— Sarah Lancashire

I took 18 months away to have my son, Joseph, and it was the biggest break I'd ever had in my working…

— Sarah Lancashire