Once a film gets into production, the actors sometimes begin to have more input than a writer does.

There's a scary moment when you realise you're no longer the youngest person in the room. Especially if you've been a successful young person. That's followed, of course, by the realisation that you're actually the oldest person in the room.

You can't control how other people see you or think of you. But you have to be comfortable with that.

I'm not strong-willed actually. I'm a complete pushover. I love to be told what to do.

I learned quite early on in life that we are all two people. And one of those people none of us will ever know.

I am in a fabulously lucky position in that I get to wear beautiful, beautiful gowns for functions, which I can then give back. That way, they're not sitting in my wardrobe with me looking at them and feeling guilty. I love that, and I think when people have a fabulous function to go to, I'd recommend renting.

My grandfather had come over as a member of the czarist army, to make an arms deal with the British government. Being a blinkered military man, he was unaware that the Russian Revolution was about to take place.