It is important to be conscious of the message that you're putting out there. It takes a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get a movie to the screen. I do feel a certain element of responsibility to say something worth saying with it, as well as entertainment.

Different fragrances promote different emotions, and I find that fragrance gets me in the frame of mind for that person.

At home I wear my own clothes, no makeup and don't do anything exciting with my hair. I get to borrow pretty dresses for the red carpet, and have experts do my hair and makeup.

As an actress, I'm an emotional person.

I'm not turning my back on classical theater. It's all about opportunities and timing a lot of the time when things come up.

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

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.