My personal life, my normal life, is so important to me. To be able to go back to my personal life and leave characters behind is important; I don't keep them with me.

Auditioning is a horrible experience because you know you are being absolutely scrutinized and judged. There are days where you can do it and days where it's just not happening, and I feel like that's how it is with all artists; you have some days it kind of works.

I love strong women in films that are allowed to play women and not male fantasies.

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.

Theatre is where my heart is. It's where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV, that's what I want to come back to.

It's lovely to work with a group of actors who make you laugh and smile.

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