I'm keen to have balance, as much as possible.

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

The British vice is overthinking before we speak, which is really annoying. I love the way that, in America, people are more straightforward. The American vice would be sometimes speaking too loudly. You can always hear American people on the trains!

[In "The Invisible Woman"] was a different type of performance which was less driven by improv. You always want moments of freshness and newness, but there was less so than I've done before.

Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.

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

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