I try to put myself into whatever character I play.

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

I try to put myself into whatever character I play.

I think, irrespective of your race, everybody has moments in life where they don't fit in, or where they try to puzzle through who they really are or to find the courage of their convictions.

I always get a little bit scared reading reviews.

There is the old boys' club, but there are ­people who are "conviction lobbyists" coming from the heart.

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.