Sarah Lancashire

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

— Sarah Lancashire

I just hold out for pieces where I immediately feel an emotional connection with a part.

— Sarah Lancashire

My father's family, I think, were mostly from Lancashire, but I don't know how far back we go. I think it's quite…

— Sarah Lancashire

'Happy Valley' is an extraordinary piece and it was not necessarily about Catherine but her part in the narrative.

— Sarah Lancashire

Acting is a subtle combination of hiding and revealing yourself, and as I'm not an extrovert, this is painful for me.

— Sarah Lancashire

In my early days depression did inhibit me because I was too debilitated and terrified to tell anyone why I couldn't get…

— Sarah Lancashire

Children are part of the natural pattern of life. For centuries people have been having children and going to work. You get…

— Sarah Lancashire

The roles do get fewer as you get older. That's the same for all professions, there's fewer roles for people later in…

— Sarah Lancashire

I'm not very good at watching myself. I look at it and I think, 'Oh, they've used the wrong take.' My job…

— Sarah Lancashire

Being an actor can be a cruel experience because there is no cooling-down period. You can be involved in something that's incredibly…

— Sarah Lancashire

Anyone who has to be accountable in a time when resources are shrinking, where transparency is necessary, where the pressures are greater,…

— Sarah Lancashire

I need to grow as an actor. The wonderful thing is you never stop learning, and as my only interest is trying…

— Sarah Lancashire

Sometimes it's necessary for soaps to hang on to an audience by sensationalizing, but it's a beast I don't understand any more,…

— Sarah Lancashire

During a performance of 'Blood Brothers' in 1990, I forgot to sing. I was so moved by what my co-star Kiki Dee…

— Sarah Lancashire

To be asked to perform a new 'Talking Head' was beyond any expectation. The matchless brilliance of Alan Bennett's words coupled with…

— Sarah Lancashire

It's wonderful when you happen across it as an actor, finding a young actor that is literally just starting out and you…

— Sarah Lancashire

It's not something I'm embarrassed about. Depression is an issue that tends to be brushed under the carpet. My hope is that…

— Sarah Lancashire

I love swing, jazz, blues, standards. I love the American songbook, Gershwin, Berlin. It's all that. So I'm born in the wrong…

— Sarah Lancashire

When you receive a script and it leaps out at you and it's breathing with its own heartbeat - I suppose when…

— Sarah Lancashire

I won't say I'll never go back to a soap because an actor's life is so precarious. You can have the most…

— Sarah Lancashire

I own a copy of the original 'Talking Heads' by Alan Bennett, which I purchased many years ago shortly after they were…

— Sarah Lancashire

The writing is only ever the attractive thing about a part. And also if all the elements within the writing come together…

— Sarah Lancashire