Quotes from Katherine Kelly

I have been listening to people's advice. Being a parent, you need all the advice you can get.

We have a part-time nanny who does a few afternoons a week. We have a nursery.

I'm a very separate person to my job.

I wouldn't put myself on the same pedestal as Sarah Lancashire.

If I had a penny for every time I've been asked if I'm going to work in America.

You should see the way I walk around on the way to the nursery. I look a state.

I was excited when I first got the call, when I heard BBC Four were making a biography and they were interested in me being a part of it.

You've got to be brave.

My parents are really honest when they watch something. My nan is brutally honest. She'll tell me, 'Oh, you looked awful in that scene,' and I'm like, 'Well, I was giving birth at the time, so it probably worked with the character, Nan.'

On Sunday, we will Skype relatives - my brother lives in America, my best friend is in Canada, and Ryan's family are all in Australia.

Our Sunday evenings tend to be quiet and relaxing, and we try to go to bed early before the start of another busy week.

You just need a good plan and then a back-up plan!

I'm 30; I don't have any commitments, and there are great parts out there that I want to play.

It's hard when something's bigged up because you want people to watch it, so you have to promote it. It'd be great if it was the old-fashioned days when there was no press, and you just switched on and thought, 'Oh, God, what's going on?'

So many people say you have to remember to grab hold of your bride or groom and spend time with them. I think if we had done a traditional wedding, we would have been doing it for everyone else, but this was about the two of us.

The RSC changed my career, and 'Coronation Street' changed my life.

I miss everyone on 'Coronation Street,' but I don't miss playing Becky.

I've got a great husband who's very good with Orla - she's a real daddy's girl.

I've got a really good network that includes friends who all had babies within eight weeks of each other, plus my sister, a lovely part-time nanny and a nursery where Orla goes for half days.

I always look so different in different roles, people are never quite sure. Which is the way I like it.

It sounds so boring - and my brothers tease, 'Oh poor you, pulling pretend pints all day' - but it's very, very long hours, and you're knackered when you get home.

I remember, when I was a teenager, 'Pride And Prejudice' came out. We hadn't had a period drama for ages, and were all glued to it, and for the next three years, Jane Austen series were being made.

I'd be a terrible journalist. I wouldn't want to pry; I just don't have that nature.

I used to work at a pub called The Miner's Rest, and the landlord, Dennis, taught me how to pour a proper pint - it's the type of place where the regulars would send their drinks back if they weren't right.