Quotes from Olivia Colman

If people still trust me with a funny line, then that is fine. If that is what gets me work.

I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen.

I always assumed I'd be a terribly patient mum but it turns out I'm not!

I spent years commuting into London when I was working as a temp, and I hated the monotony of it.

I think I remember being held by my mum as a baby.

I've been with my husband and friends for so long, I've forgotten what is unappealing to new people.

Actually, lots of women, when they're pregnant, feel like steel. They feel incredible.

I am a perfectly normal woman. If what we do is storytelling and represent people that we see all day and every day, well, we do not see supermodels all day and every day.

After those first two BAFTAs, I didn't really get offered anything, which makes you think, 'Oh, no!' And, after I finished the second series of 'Broadchurch,' nothing came up for six months, which really is a long time, and I got a bit panicky.

I think a good dollop of sadness is quite a useful thing in comedy sometimes. I think if everyone's happy all the time, it's a bit dull. It's like salt and caramel - you wouldn't imagine they would go well together, but they do.

I want to be helpful to the charities I support. I think you can dilute it, the more you do. You have to be a bit strong about what you do... otherwise, you risk spreading yourself a bit thin, and you can be less useful.

Proper love should be utterly supportive and comfortable, and it feels like a raincoat or a jacket potato.

If I didn't have children I might be more of a lush than I am. I like booze. I struggle with smoking. And I'm a big swearer. I'm trying to rein it in but I do think it's a nice seasoning of language.

I don't like the bullying, do-one-over style of comedy. It's so cheap.

Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.

I feel fortunate that I'm not a beauty. I'm not a classic beauty. I feel it is harder for girls who are like that. There are fewer parts.