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.

You just have to do what suits you, and it doesn't matter if you don't look like everybody else. Be you. That's our gift and we've got to celebrate that.

I always feel better after a good scream.

When you're up for an Oscar, you just get offered everything. It's fantastic, but a lot of it you're completely inappropriate for.

I actually pointed my wand and it blew up! The power! The power was just like Angry Birds, but big [as] life.

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

The parenting bit is much harder than the acting bit. You just never know what to do.