The American vice would be sometimes speaking too loudly. You can always hear American people on the trains!

I've never taken a role where I don't like a person on the page. Sometimes there are changes that need to be made.

I like Nelly's [Ternan] quiet inner strength. I thought there was something about her predicament that I found interesting - that she didn't want to be a floozy mistress, a bit on the side, that she had more self-respect than that.

I always had a very strong sense of independence.

My mother [was in advertising and] worked incredibly hard when she was bringing us up. She was a working mother and a working single parent.

Most of the time I was in the background. I never played [the Virgin] Mary. I was always kind of the third angel.

I use SPF every day, then apply foundation, mascara, eyeliner and blusher. I always take my make-up off at night and moisturize.