Talking about auditions, you never know what anyone else is thinking.

It was always acting, singing and dancing that I loved.

Making a film of a work you've played for six weeks gives you intimate knowledge of the character. By the time you go in front of the camera you've worked out the behavior and life of a character.

I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her.

The play is one of the very few pieces of great dramatic and comic writing that I have read in a long, long time. I was drawn to it because of the power of the writing, which gives me the actor a chance to explore many facets of myself.

Talking about auditions, you never know what anyone else is thinking.

My mother gave me singing lessons; that was totally painful, because I couldn't do what she wanted to hear. She used to say: there's more there, there's more voice but I just didn't want to give it to her.