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The workplace can be a good place to find opportunities to socialise, but what if you don't meet any like-minded people there, or what if you work alone? Is it, somewhat counter-intuitively, easier to find yourself lonely in a city than in a small town or village? Gail Honeyman

Work Alone Good You Yourself People Opportunities Lonely Meet Easier City Find Good Place Small Somewhat Small Town Town Than What If Any Place Workplace Village

I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing. Gail Porter

Kickboxing Martial Martial Arts Mainly Mixed Arts

Mmm, I love Yoda. I didn't like Jar Jar Binks though, he was all wrong. Gail Porter

Love Though He Wrong Like Yoda Jar

Love has no age. Gail Porter

Love Age

People say, what is she thinking? I'm thinking: fun; cash; travel. Gail Porter

Travel People Thinking Say People Say Cash She Fun

I do tend to overdo everything. Gail Porter

Everything Tend Overdo

Scotland is the best place in the whole world. Gail Porter

Best World Scotland Place Whole

I just don't think men fancy me. Gail Porter

Me Men Think Just Fancy

I'm always weeping at something or other. Gail Porter

Other Something Weeping Always

I'm so bored of all these girls who have written about 20 books by the time they're 25. Gail Porter

Time Girl Books Bored About Written Who By The Time

I like routine. Gail Porter

Like Routine

When you have children, that's your main focus. Gail Porter

You Focus Main Main Focus Children Your

I know a lot of celebrity types go for Kabbalah and Scientology. But why pay 10 per cent of your earnings to someone when it's all common sense: treat others as you'd like to be treated yourself. Gail Porter

The greatest thing you can give a child is confidence. Gail Porter

You Confidence Give Greatest Greatest Thing Child Thing

My mother and I were very close and even when I left home and came to London I would ring her every day. She was very proud of me and loved my celebrity. She would often come to shoots and TV shows with me. Gail Porter

Day Home Me Every Day Mother Every TV Would Ring TV Shows London Come She Proud Came Were Left Very Close Celebrity Shoots Often Loved Even Shows Her

Mum's a worrier, she looked after everybody apart from herself - I think it runs in the family. Gail Porter

Family Think Everybody Herself Runs Looked She After Apart Mum

If you put me in a box, I'm a character actor. The thing that keeps popping up for me - it sounds really cliche - but I want to play something really physically challenging, something extremely demanding and strong. Gayle Rankin

All of my characters, I feel, have some essence of who I am in them. Gayle Rankin

Characters Some Feel Am Essence Them Who

I went to school at Juilliard, and most of our training there is the classics, and as much as I thrive in contemporary, weird, experimental work, I really am excited about finding a pioneer woman or something from a different era that I could really sink my teeth into. Gayle Rankin

Work Woman Training School Thrive Our Teeth Finding About Classics Something Could Excited Weird Most Contemporary Am Era Juilliard Sink Pioneer Different Experimental Much Really

I was a really girly girl when I was younger. I only wore pink until I was at least 12. Think of me in culottes with a Bagpuss T-shirt and frizzy hair. Oh, and I was a fat child. It was bad news. Gayle Rankin

News Me Girl Hair Think Bad Girly Only Bad News Until Least Pink Child Oh Wore Younger Really Fat

'Calamity Jane' inspired me to be a performer. I still want to be her. Gayle Rankin

Me Inspired Calamity Performer Still Want Jane Her

Naivete is the real reason I applied to Juilliard. I wanted to study drama and not musical theater because I have a hard time dancing. I only applied there. Gayle Rankin

Time Drama Dancing Musical Musical Theater Only Study Naivete Because Real Juilliard Real Reason Wanted Theater Hard Reason Hard Time Applied

I just feel lucky to have had my training at Juilliard. Even though it is a 'classical' training programme, they also prepare you for all mediums. They don't teach specific techniques or subscribe to a specific school of thought about acting. Gayle Rankin

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