I'm really interested in modern history, but to fulfill a History degree at Brown you have to do modern and pre-modern.

Don't be ashamed if you don't like what others pretend to love

I like books that aren't just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song, picking up a book again that has memories can take you back to another place or another time.

As an actress I take roles I find interesting.

I find it easier to cry than I do to laugh convincingly. It's incredibly hard to pull off a laugh that feels natural take after take after take, that feels real. You can tell a fake laugh the minute you hear it, and that's something I really struggle with more than producing tears.

I get sent Bibles. I have a collection of about 20 in my room. People think I need to be guided.

Umm, there are so many people that I've never had one person that I've particularly idolised or I thought "Wow, I want to be just like them." It used to be when I was younger, Julia Roberts, I used to just love her. There is something so appealing about her.