Being proud of who we are as people is more important than cutting into ourselves to create this false idea of beauty.

Anytime anyone compliments me on my figure, I'm wearing my Spanx undies.

Comedy has always been important in my family. If you got in a good joke at the dinner table, it meant more than almost anything else.

You have to list all your special skills on a form when you get an agent. There's fencing, stage combat, horse riding, motorbike riding, Spanish, French, German, whatever. I just ticked everything. I talk about 10 languages according to that form. I even ticked the extreme sports box.

I do consider myself to be a feminist.

In real life I'm obviously a lot more shy, but once I'm on set and in costume and I'm hidden behind the person I'm playing I feel quite free to experiment.

Women should not have to adopt masculine traits in order to succeed. You should be able to stay as a woman, and in tune with your femininity, and still be equal.