I've done quite a lot of improv work before, and I wanted to do this film ["The Invisible Woman"] because it felt like a different technique. We were very true to the lines, and there was something quite formal and almost theatrical about it.

I would work as hard as possible at school so I could keep acting alongside.

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?"

It was amazing how much rehearsal helped with the performance - it was almost a theatrical approach to filmmaking.

I feel like with acting it's not like you make a choice - it's kind of in you and you have to do it or you wouldn't be able to survive.

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

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