If I had married someone wealthy when I was young, I would have sunk like a stone. Being skint makes life quite clear. You've got to take that job.

More Quotes by Anna Chancellor

Don't believe everything you think - or feel.

I did become quite well known from 'Four Weddings and a Funeral', and it helped hugely. I wasn't as famous as Hugh Grant, but I certainly began to work.

I went for endless auditions for tiny parts in obscure plays, and never got one job until I was in 'Four Weddings'.

I was brought up with two sisters, so I do know about a three-way dynamic. It's a complex one, because it's easy for one to get left out and the others to gang up. In my family, we were all pretty up for it, but the dynamics would constantly change.

I do try and curb my mouth, but I find it really hard. I wonder how many jobs I've talked myself out of!

There's a certain amount of self-aggrandising with actors, and I'm terribly shy of that.