I hate it when, in films, the girl looks perfect in every shot. It's quite nice if there's a bit of dark circles underneath the eyes, if we see the reality of the situation that the person is going through.

I'm attracted to playing people who aren't necessarily straightforward.

My mother [was in advertising and] worked incredibly hard when she was bringing us up. She was a working mother and a working single parent.

We live in a time where it's more surprising if people are actually together than if they're having affairs.

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

Sometimes there are changes that need to be made.

"The Invisible Woman" was about trying to show this conflict in [Nelly Ternan] woman truthfully, between her own identity, but also being in love with someone who I think made very high demands from her.