You learn to rely on a few basic movements and use your voice to the greatest extent possible to convey your emotions. So there was a technical challenge there and a responsibility to create a character from behind the mask.

If you're a queen, you're powerless, so I'd probably demote myself and go shopping.

But it's often been the case, I've done so many countless small, independent films that really 3.2 people have seen, so you never know. You do it for the joy of the part and not necessarily expect anyone to see the final product.

I personally never got the gist of Facebook and Twitter.

I drink a lot of Diet Coke and belch. I've been known to use the ''f'' word.

I loved doing all those costume dramas. I didn't think, 'Ooh I've got to avoid being typecast' - you can't ever be dictated to by what other people think. I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors.

That's the thing with animated films - I often feel that puppets get the better parts compared to us normal actresses.