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

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

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

I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.

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.

What's amazing about the show ["Girls"] - the first (season) is about the girls and then the second (season) is about the boys as well. There's something so human about it.

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."