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.

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

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.

The more you work, the more people can see that you're something different from what's come before.

As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up.

I'm a real geek. I love spending time researching a character and reading about them.

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.