I think, as an actor, you're always traveling. There's a sense of dislocation sometimes from home.

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

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

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 think Nelly [Ternan] actually has something very conservative about her, and she's very judgmental of (this other character's) situation, and can see that's about to happen to herself. So she judges it even more harshly [because] it's what she fears becoming.

I'm keen to have balance, as much as possible.

I'm very independent, creatively, always trying to push myself - and I think that comes from my mother.