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

I really enjoyed it - being involved in watching rushes and playback [in "The Invisible Woman"]. Ralph [Fiennes] was very open to my input, I think knowing that he couldn't always be there 100 percent, that he had dual aims with directing and acting.

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

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.

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

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

I think I actually did a production of "Under Milkwood," this Welsh play, with my drama group (at school), and I always remember taking everything far too seriously, and that it wasn't just a hobby but something I wanted to keep on doing.