Sheridan Smith quotes:

Appearing in 'Legally Blonde' has helped me find my inner girl, although at the beginning the director was constantly telling me off for sitting like a boy, with my legs apart, while wearing a cocktail dress and heels!

I have angel wings and a halo on my wrist, which I got done on my 30th birthday in memory of my brother.

I swore on screen when I got the Olivier for 'Legally Blonde,' I was so surprised. Awards where the public vote mean a lot. I'm a big Twitter fan and like talking to people who support me.

As a kid, I was a dancer in Dick Whittington, Snow White and Cinderella. When I was 14, I played Baby Bear. I had a big head on, and you couldn't see my face. My mum was very disappointed.

I'm grateful to be working. The most exciting thing for me is that I never get bored - I've done comedy, drama, musical theatre and now Shakespeare.

I live in Selfridges because it has everything under one roof. Liberty's is great for the same reason - I'm so lazy, I hate walking from shop to shop. Powder in Crouch End always has great designer labels in, so when I walk past I have to put my blinkers on because every time I nip in I come out with too much stuff; it's dangerous.

My brother is the lead singer of The Torn, and my parents are in a country duo.

Every girl wants to play Bridget Jones.

I'm always wearing Spanx, eating ice cream and feeling a bit lonely.

I've got mates who have got married through meeting on Internet dating sites, so it really can work out - even if sometimes it does go disastrously wrong.

I'd like to rescue people in trouble, like Superman.

Maybe I'm going from that tomboy-ish state to feeling a bit more womanly. I've enjoyed wearing some fancy frocks. It's nice once in a while.

I don't usually get to play sophisticated women. I usually do the old scrubs, chavs or slappers.

I did say I don't feel as worthy as so many of the recipients ... He said he'd seen some of my work, which is amazing, and was a fan of Gavin and Stacey.

Benidorm' is such a great show. There's nothing else like it. You might think the characters are far-fetched, but then you get out here and it's bang on. It's about real people, real relationships and people believe in the actors. It's got heart and it's hilariously funny. When we're filming, we're lazing in the sun. It's hardly working, is it?

When a woman gets to 30, you ask her about having kids. I don't mind - all my friends are settled with kids, so I can understand people asking, and I even get it from relatives, but I'd be a fool to miss these work opportunities. And there's no time limit. One day I'll find my prince, but at the minute, I'm enjoying kissing a few frogs.

I'm just some commoner trying to work in acting.

I do love Louboutin shoes, but I need to stop buying them because I don't go to many 'dos,' so they just line up. I'm normally in my trainers.

I pull my eyelashes when I'm tired or thinking - it's a nervous thing.

I always say to my Twitter followers to come to the stage door and meet me. What I love about being in the theatre, rather than filming, is that you meet your audience.

When I was 16, I played Tallulah in 'Bugsy Malone' at the Queen's Theatre. Me and five others shared a flat together in Blackheath. It was brilliant being 16 and living in London with my mates.

When I saw 'Legally Blonde' on Broadway, I rang my agent and said 'I want to be seen for this,' but the rest weren't big choices, really. 'Hedda Gabler' was a phone call offering it to me, and as I've said before quite embarrassingly, I didn't know the play, so I didn't sit there thinking 'I would now like to tackle Ibsen.'

When you're hiding behind a character all the time, as soon as you have to be yourself, you feel kind of terrified.

I certainly never get above my station - my family would soon slap me back down to earth.

I'm normally a burger and chips girl - such a cheap date.

I'm such a weirdo. I'm animal-mad, so my ideal date would probably be something involving going to see animals.

I suffer a lot with nerves and stage fright.

I'm really grateful to my parents for having the confidence in me to let me go. I was terrified I might have to slink back to the village with my tail between my legs, and treated every job as though it were my last - I still do - but fortunately, I got work and things seemed to slot into place.

I've been so lucky with the people I've worked with, but I'm such a fan girl. When I moved to London at 16, I saw a man from a Dulux advert on the bus, and I asked for his autograph. I was so excited; you can imagine what I'm like now - I really need to control myself.

Not having gone to drama school, I always feel like a bit of a fraud, but so far it looks as though I've not been found out.

I lack confidence, but I've been so lucky the way jobs have come to me, and I'm so grateful for them. I know how many brilliant actors there are out there who aren't getting the chances. While the work is there, I will grab it with both hands. It could all end tomorrow. You never know what's around the corner.

I don't mind being unlikely. I'd rather that than be predictable.

I prefer theatre to television - you get to feel the love.

I really fancy Eddie Redmayne. I wouldn't mind a few steamy scenes with him.

People can never work out where they know me from. They just come up and chat with me like mates.