Top 25 Suranne Jones Quotes

I love St. Ives and Fowey. I have childhood memories of the Headland Hotel, where ‘The Witches’ was filmed, standing on the Fistral Beach. There’s something about packing a bikini and Wellington boots – and I’m away.

You read a script, and you know if you need to do it.

Being in the public eye, with the Internet – it’s scary. You can put out too much, and it becomes a part of the pie chart of who you are. Things stick. And they never go away.

My brother was older, very bright. He went to university. I wasn’t academically bright – maybe at first, when I was little, but it was lost. I started doing a drama workshop and got really into it, then I did a BTec in performing arts and started to work.

I love Sian Brooke so much; she’s hysterical.

I love Manchester, but I would like to have a getaway place in Florence.

Trust is an issue that is very personal to each individual. You want to feel love and trust and all those things that bind relationships together, with your partner, your friends, your relatives, or any loved ones.

When I’m older, I’d like to play one of Tennessee Williams’s women and an older Adelaide in ‘Guys and Dolls.’

‘Unforgiven’ gave me the opportunity to be a complete changeling: the blonde hair, the research that I did at the prison. It changed the perception of me.

People love dark stories because they take you to a place you think you don’t want to go but really you do.

I’m a magpie – I collect accessories and trinkets. But I don’t have expensive tastes.

You don’t want to be single forever. But also, once you have your own life, your partner has to be someone very special because life is so busy. If that person isn’t right for you, don’t settle for second best.

Becoming a mother and then losing your mother is quite… well, they both change you profoundly, and you have to give yourself time to understand what’s happened with that.

I was bullied at school, and I let that get hold of me and withdrew into myself – I regret letting that happen.

There are some people who are naturally talented, who just have it coming out of their ears; they just sparkle with talent. Some people – and I put myself in this category – don’t fit a mould. I always looked a lot older. I was as tall as a giraffe, even at ten, but I found my place, and I really worked at it.

There’s a strong working-class work ethic in my family, which makes us strong.

I love being a mum. It is the best. I always knew I would.

As soon as I finished ‘Doctor Foster,’ I obviously wanted to run straight home to give my husband a big cuddle.

I grew up in Oldham and moved to Manchester and London. I didn’t go to drama school. I just did a B-Tech.

It’s horrible when you go to work and you’re not happy.

I like writing, and I enjoy the production part a lot, actually. It gives you longevity in a career, where you know sometimes you might not always have the time to do the parts you want to do.

I never take my work home with me, because when there is a baby in the bath at home, and you rush back for bath-time, as soon as you get through the door, you know that work is work and home is home.

I was really talkative as a child. The priest used to pray for me not to talk so much because I was distracting the other kids.

It was a huge shock when my mum was diagnosed. She was 49 when she found a lump in one of her breasts and sensed something was wrong. At the time, we did a breast cancer campaign together. I still do a lot of charity runs.

That’s the insecurity with our job, because you never know where the next role is coming from. No matter how successful you are, there’s always a fear of someone not wanting me to play something else.