Lesley Sharp

I don't think I've ever gone home and not been able to shake it off. I like having my own life too…

— Lesley Sharp

What actors are involved in is a similar sort of psychological forensic examination of the characters they're playing. You try to have…

— Lesley Sharp

I've been so grateful for writing, and writers and, actually I would say that that is the cornerstone of my career, the…

— Lesley Sharp

That's the thing about 'Three Girls' I found most upsetting. Young women feel their only options are to hook up with guys…

— Lesley Sharp

We can't all have faces like Elizabeth Taylor or Angelina Jolie.

— Lesley Sharp

You get the best stuff when people are writing what they're really passionate about.

— Lesley Sharp

To some extent I'm always looking to see where I belong.

— Lesley Sharp

Everyone has a certain hand dealt to them and you just have to work out whether you can keep going. The thing…

— Lesley Sharp

When I was in Stephen Poliakoff's 'Playing With Trains,' someone wrote that I was 'moon-faced'. That taught me not to read my…

— Lesley Sharp

The thing that gives me most pleasure is when I feel I've really engaged with my colleagues, other like-minded individuals, in getting…

— Lesley Sharp

My best feature is the color of my eyes, but I don't know where that comes from.

— Lesley Sharp

I had a fantastic father, Jack Sharp, and I will always carry him in my heart as my father.

— Lesley Sharp

I've got a big nose, and that's from my birth father.

— Lesley Sharp

Sometimes when I hear people talking about their families, or their relationships with their mothers and fathers, I hear it but it's…

— Lesley Sharp

I know Toby Jones very well, we've done yoga together in the past and get on very well. He's a fantastic actor,…

— Lesley Sharp

Learning lines is bloody boring.

— Lesley Sharp

My mum died when I was 15, unfortunately.

— Lesley Sharp

I realized a few years ago that as an actress I'd signed myself up to a life of disempowerment. I'm always waiting…

— Lesley Sharp

I just think that, you know, what young actors actors and actresses have to factor into their work is all of the…

— Lesley Sharp

Playgrounds are like microcosms of the world, aren't they? So you look around and you go, 'This is the world, is it?…

— Lesley Sharp

I think everybody, at some point, rather feels that they have to shake themselves up somehow.

— Lesley Sharp

I do bikram yoga as often as I can - and if I can't, I'll go for a run.

— Lesley Sharp

European shows are unafraid of investigating philosophical questions on behalf of their characters or elevating imagery or letting moments play out.

— Lesley Sharp

It's a very tricky situation to be in when you're actually friends with someone but they're also your boss.

— Lesley Sharp

I do try to think if I can afford not to do something I don't want to do, and if I can,…

— Lesley Sharp