Sarah Lancashire Quotes

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Sarah Lancashire

Profession : Actress

Birth : October 10, 1964

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

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 is over and it's not healthy to sit there and scrutinize your work as you're invariably unhappy!

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 life of nearly 20 years.

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

I don't search it out - I really want to be clear, I don't search out the misery! I'm not sitting at home going, 'I can't wait to do another harrowing piece of work.'

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 when you're not right for the role.

Sarah Lancashire

Children are part of the natural pattern of life. For centuries people have been having children and going to work. You get on with it, that's what life's about.

Sarah Lancashire

I think going to university, getting married, having children, and then having the choice to stay at home to raise those children is a very valid one for women and they shouldn't be castigated for it. It's a great job. Not many men would do it.

Sarah Lancashire

You have to have brilliant people to work opposite, and then it does become like a real tennis match and this is our sport. With somebody like Mark Lewis Jones, who is extraordinary anyway, you just know it's going to be a good match.

Sarah Lancashire

Relationships are very complex. It's very unusual to see something which is so 'complex portrayed on screen.

Sarah Lancashire

Am I attracted to people who want to give other people a voice? Yes I am, and that may be a 'common denominator with the characters that I play.

Sarah Lancashire

I have managed to get through that tricky turn into your 50s with two great roles. It is great to see characters for women of a certain age.

Sarah Lancashire

I'm absolutely certain that audiences want to see older women on their TVs.

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 life. I don't think it should be like that because as long as you are able to do your job then people should keep working with you. It shouldn't come down to age.

Sarah Lancashire

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

Sarah Lancashire

I am a stickler for damn good writing.

Sarah Lancashire

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

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 if people with a public profile are prepared to talk about it, then it might prompt other people to talk about it too.

Sarah Lancashire