I'm deeply ambitious and I always have been.

From a very young age, stories fuelled my imagination in the most wonderful way.

If you're playing someone who has lived, there's the risk of imitation, or whether you focus on the essence of who that character was as opposed to physical mannerisms. So, you have to figure out what it is ultimately that this particular adaptation of the story, whether it's fiction or not, is trying to say.

Mum wasn't at all religious, but she thought that going to the theatre was as important a ceremonial, communal experience that a person could have.

I'd love to do an action movie. Something with lots of stunts. Anything fast and dangerous and involving guns.

My real self, the self I have always been from a child, is a loner and nerd, slightly overweight, with a very heavy fringe. That is who I was as a kid. I don't think I will ever be anything other than that.

I love firing guns. It's an amazing feeling - so sexy and powerful.