When I finished my A-levels, I assumed I'd be able to get work as an actor. But I couldn't. I didn't get an audition. Nothing. So I thought I'd better train and then the parts would come.

The thing I love about acting is that you can bring something very personal into the open and at the same time remain hidden because you're always playing a character in a story that someone else has imagined. You're always protected.

I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I've been cast.

I wish that the arts were better supported, and you can't say that enough times, but I also believe that whatever happens, artists will keep going.

I love films. I love music. I love poetry and stories. All of that I feel… I sort of get very excited and fed by.

I love the characters I've had the opportunity to play.

I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.