I always took 'Coronation Street' a year at a time anyway. It was the 50th anniversary; I'd been there five years. It just felt right to leave.
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I initially went into 'Coronation Street' for three months. If they had said back then, 'Do you want to do it for six years?' I probably would have said, 'I don't think so.'
I would always consider going back to 'Coronation Street.'
When I appeared in 'Coronation Street,' I lived in Manchester and enjoyed it very much.
When I left 'Coronation Street,' I wondered if I could ever be lucky enough to work with such a unanimously wonderful company of good people - and I've just come to that good bunch again.
You know, I was a kid when I went into 'Coronation Street' and I had an amazing time. I got some fantastic opportunities from Corrie and from 'Soapstar' and I'd never say they did anything other than help me.
It still hasn't sunk in that I'm going to be in Coronation Street. Everything about the role is brilliant and I'm working with some great people.
The RSC changed my career, and 'Coronation Street' changed my life.
I think life without Coronation Street would be unthinkable. It's part of all our lives.
I've never been out with any of the cast of Coronation Street. We're all very close friends so it's very much a professional attitude.
But it was hard to leave because the show's been so important in our lives.
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