It's interesting - an actor's research is different to just historian's research. I'm looking for things that I can actually physically use in the movie.

I know there are some actors who are just brilliant at improvising and brilliant at just being in the moment and doing it there and then. I'm not one of those actors.

I've never been around pets. I didn't have pets as a child.

Actors, to a certain extent, never grow up, you see. It's an extension of being out in the back yard with a stick, only you're being paid to do it. It's borderline madness.

It's interesting - an actor's research is different to just historian's research. I'm looking for things that I can actually physically use in the movie.

I'm determined not to lose my name. It's who I am. It has neither aided my progress nor hampered it. It's just who I am.

I love doing kids' films.