The British vice is overthinking before we speak, which is really annoying. I love the way that, in America, people are more straightforward.

We live in a time where it's more surprising if people are actually together than if they're having affairs.

"The Theory of Everything" is an extraordinary story because [Jane Hawing] was incredibly religious and [Stephen Hawking] was an atheist, so you have this conflict both on a domestic level between a couple in a difficult situation but also this bigger conflict of science versus religion, so it's a really fascinating project.

What's amazing about the show ["Girls"] - the first (season) is about the girls and then the second (season) is about the boys as well. There's something so human about it.

I always wear the shoes of the character a week before going on set; the idea of just putting on a new pair of shoes on the first day of filming is just horrific.

It's nice to have some continuity you can come back to. I feel that in coming home, coming back to London.

I'm very independent, creatively, always trying to push myself - and I think that comes from my mother.