One of the many things I love about Daenerys from Game of Thrones is she's given me an opportunity to fly the flag for young girls and women, to be more than just somebody's wife and somebody's girlfriend.

Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf

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

A young Brit girl with no theatre experience decided to take on an iconic American role on Broadway. Maybe I should have thought that through?

You can't come out of drama school and think, 'It's all going to be amazing.' You have to expect to work in a bar for at least five years and be a waitress for maybe two!

Drama school is fundamentally practical. I didn't write any essays, so I came out with a BA honors degree in acting.

My rule is never to look at anything on the Internet.