Cersei in Game of Thrones is quite solid and stiff.

I carry about eight lip balms: Burts Bees, Rosebud Salve, Eos.

Freedom isn't free at all, that it comes with the highest of costs. The cost of blood.

I worked in Tesco's staff canteen because I fancied a boy on the tills. I served him his lunch in a hairnet and tan tights. Not just that, of course - I had a lovely white onesie.

I have a playlist of farts on my phone.

Getting the role in '300' saved me. I'd been out of work for 11 months after 'The Brothers Grimm.' Once the film came out and didn't do so well, the director Terry Gilliam blamed me for absolutely everything. It was pretty appalling, and I had started to wonder if I'd ever get another job again when I was asked to audition for '300.

The more you love something, the worse you tend to audition. If you don't really care about something, you kind of nail it.