Anna Chancellor

I went for endless auditions for tiny parts in obscure plays, and never got one job until I was in 'Four Weddings'. ”

I do try and curb my mouth, but I find it really hard. I wonder how many jobs I've talked myself out of! ”

Some people in my family achieved a lot, some people inherited a lot. But I turned my back on the whole thing. ”

My parents had four children quickly, divorced quickly - when I was two - and my mother remarried quickly. We were suddenly in a different environment with a different father. ”

There's a certain amount of self-aggrandising with actors, and I'm terribly shy of that. ”

I love buying things. I could be one of those crazy hoarders. ”

In the theatre, if you say 'Macbeth', all the actors will start looking very anxious. I'm so well-trained not to say it in the theatre that I can hardly say it in normal life. ”

I don't feel my capabilities in cookery are as big as my desire - as with so many aspects of my life. ”

If I had married someone wealthy when I was young, I would have sunk like a stone. Being skint makes life quite clear. You've got to take that job. ”

I find running life quite hard, and I like sharing that. Obviously, the companionship, being loved and loving, is fantastic. But I don't feel that I couldn't live without a boyfriend or lover or husband. ”