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Paul Henshall (Dean West in Casualty and Michael in A Thing Called Love)

The main thing is make sure you speak clearly, especially with Shakespeare, where the language is so much a part of it. And try not to be too nervous. Because if you enjoy what you're doing, then the audience will too.

James Redmond (Abs in Casualty)

When I read my scripts, I go through all the scenes that I'm in, and make a note of where they're set, who else is in the scenes, and a quick synopsis of what happens to my character in the scene.

"I always make a point of knowing where I am. Have I had that argument yet, have I seen this person yet?"

Then I'll go back through the script and see what information is contained in other scenes, that I would need to know. Because we shoot scenes out of order, I always make a point of knowing where I am. Have I had that argument yet, have I seen this person yet, all this kind of stuff. That makes it a lot easier to be more natural.

You can get a line sometimes, something like, "Good morning, how are you?" Because it's the first scene that you've done of the episode, you play it normally. Then you realise, "hang on a minute, that's scene 15 and in scene 14 we've had a big argument", so should have said it in a sarcastic way. So that's one trick.

Sally Philips (Katie Nash in Rescue Me, Shazza in Bridget Jones' Diary)

I've learnt a great trick for crying scenes. If you cry so hard that snot comes out of your nose everyone thinks you're a really good actress!