I think I actually did a production of "Under Milkwood," this Welsh play, with my drama group (at school), and I always remember taking everything far too seriously, and that it wasn't just a hobby but something I wanted to keep on doing.

I'm small. I'm petite. But I'm a bit of a fighter inside. In my work I fight for, I hope, showing women in a true way. They've got brains.

Sometimes there are changes that need to be made.

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.

It was amazing how much rehearsal helped with the performance - it was almost a theatrical approach to filmmaking.

I cry at the end of every episode of "Girls." I'm just so overwhelmed by the truthfulness with which [Lena Dunham] conveys human nature.

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