I love costume dramas, I love performing in them, because in a funny kind of way, you feel more free. You know about the period, you can read the books, you can see the paintings, but you've never actually going to know what it was like. You can kind of stretch those boundaries a bit.

In L.A., I'm twice the size - height and everything else - of most of the other actresses who are going for an audition.

Because it does feel important to say it really doesn't matter what shape you are.

I am a slow reader. I always loved words, which is a strange thing given that I couldn't actually read them

I don't think that you can fake warmth. You can fake lust, jealousy, anger; those are all quite easy. But actual, genuine warmth? I don't think you can fake it.

I've had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it's paparazzi photographers or for film posters.

I don't have a problem with my body. I'm not just going to strip off all my clothing, but if the part calls for it and I don't think there's any way round, I'm absolutely fine.