My most treasured item is the brown leather bag that my mum bought me from a little Italian shop for my 21st. It's supposed to be a vanity bag, but I use it as a handbag.

The British vice is overthinking before we speak, which is really annoying. I love the way that, in America, people are more straightforward.

The American vice would be sometimes speaking too loudly. You can always hear American people on the trains!

I always had a very strong sense of independence.

I'm more of a freestyle dancer. I like to do my own thing.

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.

I studied English literature at university, but for some reason we only spent one week on [Charles] Dickens, so I remember just trying to find the shortest book that I could find. I was like, "'Hard Times,' really great - it's short, that'll do it."