“I've got two older sisters who I'm very close to. And my son's grown u...” — Lesley Manville Quote

I've got two older sisters who I'm very close to. And my son's grown up with a big sense of family around him.

There isn't a spare minute in the day. I have spent my life doing everything. I work. I go home. I do the shopping. I cook. Then there's the laundry and the dog. Most of my life, I have been a working mother. And even when I wasn't, I still did it all.

A lot of the actors I knew threw in the towel when they became mothers. I couldn't do that financially, and I didn't want to - but I was knackered all the time.

I hate that thing that if you are over 45, and you're going to be on telly or make films, you have to do all this stupid stuff to your face. I would no more let someone stick a needle in my forehead than fly to the moon.

I think one reason I really like women and like working with women is because of my sisters.

You can't go too far wrong with the Pointer Sisters.

Growing up, I was listening to Scissor Sisters.

It was actually the women of the house, my two sisters and my mom, just taking me everywhere until I took off for college.

My older sisters were in acting, and of course, I wanted to be just like them!