Quotes from Helen Baxendale

I don't have enormous riches, but I'm comfortable.

I met my partner, actor David Elliot, when we were both in the play 'La Ronde' by Arthur Schnitzler.

I have vivid memories of my dad watching 'Not the Nine o'Clock News.' I didn't really get it but I thought it was hilarious because he was laughing.

People's memories are quite short. Often people think they recognize me from down the shops or something.

It's not like I'm back for bath-time and bedtime for the children. You're back when they are asleep and you go out before they wake up. Really, that time when they are young goes all too quickly.

I remember wearing old long johns, my dad's silk paisley dressing gown, chopped off at the waist, and lots of crucifixes - trying to look like Madonna. But I wasn't breaking any moulds, I was just trying to follow somebody else.

I've pursued every avenue open to me ever, so I don't really understand the idea that I walked away from opportunities.

It's like I'm held up as some kind of beacon of England - or some bloody British bulldog.

I suit high passions, and I can play women who have undercurrents going on.

There is this perception that TV is glamorous and it is the pinnacle of your existence - I don't think it is.

I feel I know Cape Town very well now having been there twice and for six weeks at a time.

'Friends' and 'Cold Feet' seem like a lifetime ago. That whole period is like a weird, bizarre blip or a surreal dream.

Today's culture is based on selling us a lifestyle that does not exist. It is selling us values that are worth nothing. It is plain wrong.

Heights are a problem for me. I'm not a brave flier and I'd never jump out of a plane or do a bungee jump.

Seriously though, most films worth their salt will have something to say about the world we live in. Even 'Avatar' claimed that!

It will be very exciting to watch how the industry responds to filmmakers getting closer and closer to their audiences - and they must, as for too long it has been quite impossible for filmmakers to actually get anywhere near to revenues arising from their work. Too many middlemen!

If I'm on a beach I'm the one to find the ammonite, or in a field I'll find the four-leaf clover.

I'm not a natural comedian.

It's hard to balance work-life commitments and sometimes you feel you're not doing anything particularly well.

I don't like conflict.

I have to enjoy life - it is a privilege to be an actor and I love what I do, so I will act those moments and then do my best to switch off - life is too short.

I have no problem switching off.

'Beyond The Pole's Facebook page has been incredibly instrumental in introducing us to new people and to making connections with journalists, cinemas everything.

With social media there seems to be controversy at everything.