I try not to define myself. Other people are going to do that for you anyway.

Don't worry about society's conditioning and the labels that are put on you by external forces. Hold onto your true self.

Because of my job, my hair gets played with a lot on set, so I try to give it little bit of breathing space when Im not working.

Because I had grown up with Jane Austen novels and period dramas, I was very familiar with that period and that world.

As a biracial girl growing up in England, I'd never really seen any historical characters who looked like me depicted on film before that weren't being brutalized or playing slaves.

I've always had an ear for languages and music so it's something I'm continually working on but it's fun.

I think there are parts of myself in every character I play.