Those moments when you don't feel self-conscious, when you escape that, are when you produce something meaningful.

I couldn't do what I do without my friends and family.

I always hope for roles that have some depth and that I can get my teeth into and that will challenge me, in some way.

I don't like when I look too cluttered.

Sometimes there are changes that need to be made.

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.

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