Laura Fraser
I think I've played a lesbian about five times. The first one was with Helen Baxendale in a drama called 'The Investigator,' about the conditions lesbians had to live under in the army in Britain, which was based on a true story.
I suppose I'd always been attracted to commitment-phobes because some part of me felt unlovable. It was a lot easier to fall for a guy who I knew, on some level, wouldn't fall in love with me. There was nothing to risk. The real risk would be to finally be vulnerable to love.
I've always been an actor, a lowly actor without power, so I've never been corrupted. I've never even directed.
You don't put milk in chamomile tea - that's disgusting behavior! That's not right.
I've been a jealous person myself. I've been distrustful, convinced that somebody's having an affair with somebody else. If you believe it in your head, everything looks like a lie. When you're looking for it, you always see it - even the change of expression in their face.
Both of my parents had a change of career. My mum was a nurse, and now she's a college lecturer.
I still have a fear of theater. I don't know if I will manage that. I used to do it. I developed a bit of a phobia. It's not a real phobia. I can go in and watch.
When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more.
I expected it to be overwhelming and all-encompassing, but having a kid brings you into the world in a whole different way.
I'm not a long-term member of the 'Breaking Bad' family.
I have to admit I can be pretty high strung and tightly wound.
I think every mother feels that the best place for their child is with their mum, but you want things for yourself, too. So, you're either at work feeling guilty, or you are at home feeling frustrated.
I found it hard being a full-time mum and take my hat off to anyone who can do it.
It's mad what each generation vilifies. It's not necessarily to do with logic.
Traditionally I'm not a very good secret-keeper.
It does seem to produce more creative results when there are limitations. It's like in wartime with rations - people became more inventive with cooking.
All the guys on 'Breaking Bad' are really gentle and gorgeous creatures.
It's a very strange experience being on set of 'Breaking Bad;' you never know what's coming next for your character. I feel like I don't even know if I'm going to live through the next scene I'm in. It's exciting to work on.
Even as a kid, I would always imagine horrible circumstances in which I would find myself in my head, and imagine how I would feel, and act it out a bit for myself, because I was a bit of a freak like that. I love doing things like that, and I get a real buzz from it afterwards.
You can't regret a whole period in your life. . . . It's part of who you are, one of your stories.Collection: Regret
It's not that the grass is greener on the other side, it's that you can never be on both sides of the lawn at the same time.Collection: Grass Is Greener On The Other Side
London on your own actually seems more exotic than Egypt on a tour.Collection: Travel
It isn't such a bad thing to always know that someone on the other side of the world cares about you.Collection: World
You learned that it was easy frighteningly easy to get lost in someone else's life accommodating him and stop being yourself. You learned to be wary about falling in love. And you learned that someone who loved you could stop loving you for some dark reason and even though that was bruising you were more resilient than you knew. Eventually you would get over it more or less.Collection: Being Yourself