Lesley Sharp

Working with Mike Leigh is a process of distillation.

— Lesley Sharp

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

— Lesley Sharp

I didn't want to be classified as a northern actress.

— Lesley Sharp

Being on stage is like running a marathon every night.

— Lesley Sharp

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

— Lesley Sharp

I got on a train to London when I was 18 and never moved back.

— Lesley Sharp

Learning lines is bloody boring.

— Lesley Sharp

I love euro TV drama, there's some fantastic shows.

— Lesley Sharp

Andrew Lincoln is an amazing actor and turned into a great friend.

— Lesley Sharp

What's brilliant is having the opportunity to come to a piece of work with no preconceptions.

— Lesley Sharp

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

— Lesley Sharp

There is something quintessentially northern in my DNA, even though I've lived in London since I was 18.

— Lesley Sharp

If drama school was like doing a BA, coming to the Court was like an MA or a PhD.

— Lesley Sharp

A girl at school once said to me, 'You are an overfed, under-washed farmhand.' I was 12.

— Lesley Sharp

Male actors don't get asked about playing strong men; they're just men.

— 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 don't know about you, but I certainly feel so battered by seeing people wearing masks. It's all we hear, all we…

— 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

I felt desperately sad, because it's a real shock in the 21st century, where we're fortunate to live in amazing country like…

— Lesley Sharp

That conversation about 'roles for women,' generally - 'roles for older women.' It's like, let's please not dig into that one any…

— 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

You might be able to mimic other styles but what's important is that you are true to who you are. You have…

— 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

I'm very controlling. It's my worst habit. I'm also over organized, which means I end up telling my family what I want…

— 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

If you start doing a television or a film job and you suddenly think it's a mistake - the director's horrible or…

— Lesley Sharp

I think as a police officer when you're dealing with a member of the public you put something on because you have…

— Lesley Sharp

I think what maybe starts out when you're younger as being something about slightly showing off or being given applause because people…

— 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

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

With adoption, there is a whole range of experiences, and a lot of it goes under the radar. There is too much…

— 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

I suppose I'm of the school of never explain, never complain.

— Lesley Sharp

My mum died when I was 15, unfortunately.

— Lesley Sharp

My father served in the Royal Scots Fusiliers for many years.

— Lesley Sharp

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

— Lesley Sharp

I didn't want to be invisible. I don't know what I wanted to be, but it wasn't invisible.

— Lesley Sharp

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

— Lesley Sharp

I'm an actress, not a politician. And my private life is my private life.

— Lesley Sharp

I always felt my life wasn't going to start until I finished school.

— Lesley Sharp