I'm from Southampton.

It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.

My history teacher was utterly terrifying, but her lessons were very inspiring. She got me interested in people and stories, which then led me to acting.

I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.

When I'm in a tricky situation I often think: 'What would Beyonce do?' It helps.

You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.

In the U.K., there is a sort of obsession with class.

I'm not recognised much at all.

I think it must be so hard to start your career with everyone going on about how gorgeous you are. To be in that bracket must be so pressurised.

I don't really get recognised very much.

As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!

We ignore the emotional needs of young children at our peril.

When she says 'I've never done this before" she just means with you

See yourself what you would like to be known for rather than your current position.

I have a lot of objects in my space, little things, reminders, memories.

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane.

The threshold is the place of expectation.

As the end approaches, there are no longer any images from memory - there are only words.

The god you worship is the one you're capable of becoming.

Saying what you believe others want to hear is, of course, a form of lying.

Power, approval, comfort, and control are meta-idols that hold sway over our daily lives.