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

I love not having to rely on anyone.

Going to auditions is always so nerve-wracking. I don't think they ever get any easier.

Of everything I have done, 'The Archers' always gets the most excitement; there's a sort of uncontrollable joy from fans of the program.

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

Now we live in a time where the public and the private are completely fused and there isn't such a great distinction. We know our private lives are constantly made public. With Facebook and Twitter there isn't such a desire, it feels, to keep things private.

I think [Charles] Dickens was an extrovert and Nelly [Ternan] an introvert, and I think that Nelly saw beyond the fame and adulation and she actually loved Dickens essentially for who he was. So I think he felt like she was someone he could be himself with.