There's such a sense of theatre in getting glammed up; it's like putting on a play or short film.

I think [Charles] Dickens was an extrovert and Nelly [Ternan] an introvert, and I think that Nelly saw beyond the fame and adulation and she actually loved Dickens essentially for who he was. So I think he felt like she was someone he could be himself with.

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

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

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

I've never done a superhero movie. It's very nice to you as an actor in several worlds to go and to experiment.

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