Helen Baxendale

I've never done a zip wire. I'm a scaredy-cat.

— Helen Baxendale

I just knew it would be good fun playing Agatha Christie.

— Helen Baxendale

It's surprisingly easy to get teenagers to watch subtitles.

— Helen Baxendale

I like to have some time off after doing a job and spend some time with my family.

— Helen Baxendale

I don't know what I'm like. I'm better acting someone further away from myself.

— Helen Baxendale

Good love and romance aren't always what the hype cracks them up to be.

— Helen Baxendale

I wanted to have children and I wanted to be with the person I was in love with.

— Helen Baxendale

It's less frightening to do television, theatre is very nerve-wracking, very raw.

— Helen Baxendale

I never felt sorry for the people in 'Friends' though. They had enormous wealth and they were very funny, creative people who…

— Helen Baxendale

I don't know if there are many misconceptions. One is that my birthday is on Valentine's Day. It's on 7 June.

— Helen Baxendale

I have to enjoy life - it is a privilege to be an actor and I love what I do, so I…

— Helen Baxendale

As a teenager I was quite conventional in the way I dressed, more so than now. I tried to be rebellious but…

— Helen Baxendale

I have vivid memories of my dad watching 'Not the Nine o'Clock News.' I didn't really get it but I thought it…

— Helen Baxendale

I don't have any regrets whatsoever because it has been my life. I've been very privileged, I'm lucky and I'm still alive.

— Helen Baxendale

I used to try to carry the weight of my character around with me, but I just can't do that now, it's…

— Helen Baxendale

I met my partner, actor David Elliot, when we were both in the play 'La Ronde' by Arthur Schnitzler.

— Helen Baxendale

It will be very exciting to watch how the industry responds to filmmakers getting closer and closer to their audiences - and…

— Helen Baxendale

It's actually a privileged existence - I get to do some work, but I can walk down the street and have an…

— Helen Baxendale

People latch on to characters who are rude or naughty or bad. Look at JR in 'Dallas' or Angie in 'EastEnders.' They're…

— Helen Baxendale

I remember wearing old long johns, my dad's silk paisley dressing gown, chopped off at the waist, and lots of crucifixes -…

— Helen Baxendale

I'm not that much of a celebrity really so I don't know if it makes any difference whatsoever. But if any publicity…

— Helen Baxendale

Listen, I'm extremely lucky. I can't complain at all. I've had a very good go at it. But there is no doubt…

— Helen Baxendale

I watched 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark' about 90 times and knew every word.

— Helen Baxendale

I don't have enormous riches, but I'm comfortable.

— Helen Baxendale

It was lovely going back to work; it felt like a break to be honest.

— Helen Baxendale

With social media there seems to be controversy at everything.

— Helen Baxendale

I certainly don't get the opportunities I had when I was younger.

— Helen Baxendale

After I'd been on Friends, people would whisper as I went past. I no longer had proper dialogues with people.

— Helen Baxendale

I used to be terribly vain. I'd spend a lot of time pampering myself and applying make-up and hoping that I'd look…

— Helen Baxendale

For me, acting is like a holiday. I spend a lot of time at home with my kids, and then every so…

— Helen Baxendale

Loads of people call me Bax. In my family I'm often called Hel, which isn't as nice.

— Helen Baxendale

Our after-dinner entertainment would be a little family party. We'd string up twinkling fairy lights, put on some music and dance around…

— Helen Baxendale

If I'm on a beach I'm the one to find the ammonite, or in a field I'll find the four-leaf clover.

— Helen Baxendale

There are so many detective shows on television, aren't there? There's a real glut of grisly and violent ones, that aren't my…

— Helen Baxendale

It's hard to balance work-life commitments and sometimes you feel you're not doing anything particularly well.

— Helen Baxendale

I don't know what drippy means, but it's not very nice. To be drippy. I don't feel like I drip much at…

— Helen Baxendale

In career terms it would have been preferable for me to have done 'Friends,' because it lifts you and just, mmmm, gives…

— Helen Baxendale

I'd make all schoolchildren take ballet lessons every morning. And I'd ban advertising aimed at children.

— Helen Baxendale

If you are blonde with a little nose people always think you are gentle and not very bright.

— Helen Baxendale

What was great about 'Cold Feet' is that although it flew off down all different avenues, it was really based on believing…

— Helen Baxendale