But since doing the film ["The Invisible Woman"] I've really learned to appreciate [Charles Dickens], he's phenomenal. "Great Expectations" would be one of my favorites.

You have to be brave and not always play likeable people. It's difficult, because there's a demand for the hero or heroine to be very likeable.

Day to day, I always wear eyeliner on my top lid and mascara. I like to do my own makeup, it depends on the event.

Fashion choices are never arbitrary. Even if you say you don't care, that's a decision. There's something you're trying to say.

I don't like when I look too cluttered.

I'm small. I'm petite. But I'm a bit of a fighter inside.

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.