I'd love to work on a real girl piece with some fabulous actresses. I feel like I've worked with so many men.

At my school, Shakespeare wasn't on the syllabus - at least not for me.

My dad is such a good man, hard-working.

I think when you're an actor and you're drawing on your emotions all the time, you need to be quite steady.

When I was younger, I used to write to directors when I was unsure I could play a role. I'd say: 'You've made a terrible mistake.'

I hate to say that my mother was 'just a housewife', because in addition to that she has had lots of part-time secretarial jobs in factories and hospitals, always working really hard for our family.

I've no wish to appear in celebrity magazines.