I didn't want to be the girl in the group that couldn't do as much as the boys. I'm very competitive like that.

My mum has told me that I have to work with Antonio Banderas just so that she can meet him and try and marry him.

I wanted to do an action-y thing, purely because I'm the least fit, healthy person in the world. I wanted to prove to myself that I could actually run and not get out of breath and collapse. I wanted to push myself, in that way.

I didn't want to be the girl in the group that couldn't do as much as the boys. I'm very competitive like that.

I've just made a cancer drama, called 'Now Is Good,' directed by Ol Parker and starring Dakota Fanning. We filmed in Brighton and it's about a girl dying of leukemia, although it's not as depressing as it sounds.

Who doesn’t? I cry and smile every day. I grew up scared, because I was so skinny and had no boobs. It’s only now that I just think, Sod it! Everyone’s different. I’m contented and happy as I am.

You don't have to necessarily go down the drama school route, or have connections in the industry. You can just make it.