The Victorian world is extremely dark and extremely bright.

I think it's amazing to have one writer write every episode of a series. It's very rare, I think. You get a voice that continues.

I was lucky, I had support from Mum and Dad - they said as long as you work hard, anything is possible. I never thought past those two things - that I liked living in imaginary worlds and that it is possible to do that for a living.

I look for something that grabs me and that's heartfelt, and that's coming from a good place. I want to work with good actors and with directors that I can learn from.

The different variables involved in anything creative, really, are massive. When it comes together, it just clicks, I suppose.

I love playing a character that has more than 90 minutes, and that keeps going.

I hope I'm always lucky enough to be able to work in theater, TV, and big films and small films. I think there's advantages and disadvantages to all of them. The fact that this was a small film without much money and without much time made it rich in energy and momentum and drive when we were actually making it 'cause that's all you've got. You've just got the story and the people.