I really enjoy auditions anyway because I think that even if you come out of them, and you go in once and it never goes anywhere, there is something that you bring out of it or a note that will come back to your agent and that's the way you learn.

I filmed 'Albatross' before I got 'Downton.' It's a coming-of-age movie about this girl who leaps into this family's life, like a whirlwind. She's ballsy and brash and wonderful, it was such an amazing character to play.

The thing I adore about acting is that it's not me: you get to experience all these emotions, but essentially it's not you.

Everything you listen to when you are 17 should be embarrassing, otherwise you are way too cool.

Sometimes when a scene is written or directed to be shouted or played incredibly angrily, I always think it's way more terrifying when someone is fuming and talks in a very calm way. I always want people to shout at me if they're angry - it freaks me out that whole thing of, 'I'm not angry I'm just disappointed.'

I've been told I make a very good brew.

When you get a bit older and you realise that no one knows what they're doing, no one's perfect and it's fine.