All of the press and stuff - that's the scary stuff. The acting is what I got trained to do.

I came out of my mum's stomach going, 'I want to be an actor!'

Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf

The calibre of TV's changing. It's becoming much more epic. To rival film, definitely.

My life is unrecognisable compared to what it was - 'Game of Thrones' has opened doors that were never there before. But it can be dangerous to see it in those terms, I think. It's best to take it as it comes and work as hard as you can, and hopefully the other things fall into place.

Don’t do drugs, don’t have sex, and don’t touch your eyebrows.

There are no captions on red-carpet photos that say, 'This girl trained for two weeks, she went on a juice diet, she has a professional hair and makeup person, and this dress was made for her.' I just wish they'd say, 'It ain't the truth.'