I'm very glad that [the death penalty] hasn't existed for many years in the U.K.

There's no negatives. You just have to trust that what's happening in your life is unfolding in exactly the right way.

As long as we dare to dream and don't get in the way of ourselves, anything is possible - there's truly no end to where our dreams can take us.

The idea of playing a character for even two years, to me feels claustrophobic - only because I want to play a lot of different people.

You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point?

You're always going to make mistakes. That's life. You just want to grow from them and try to make as few as possible. That's why you do reach out and ask people for help, where needed.

My male counterpart will get paid ten times more than me - 10 times. Not double, but 10 times for the same job. We only have this much left for the female actress. I mean, there’s two genders on this Earth. Both are compelling, interesting, diverse, wonderful in all their own separate ways. And yet there’s an influx of male roles and there's just not for women.