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 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 think in every character there are aspects of yourself that you bring to it. But then it would be really boring to just play yourself.

I've always been a feminist, and what I love in my work is being able to explore a full-sided woman and not patronize her.

Sometimes there are changes that need to be made.

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