Women want to be paid on parity with a man in a similar position.

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.

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 want to be paid fairly for the work that I'm doing. That's what every single woman around the world wants.

Now younger actresses will have a confidence in those discussions with their agents and be able to say, "Can we make sure that I'm being paid the right amount for the work that I'm doing?"

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.