The independent films are really where I kind of come from and where I feel comfortable.

Dance has such an intensity to it. You become, in a way, an intense person.

I used to love ballet and I did it really, really intensely. But it came so much about achieving physical perfection, which when I was 14 was a big deal.

Ultimately, it's a really brave thing to do what makes you happy as opposed to what the norm, or the social norm is, and that's a very important thing for people to remember, especially young women.

Everybody who is an actor has been acting since they were three.

Just wearing the corset means that you can never really relax from the moment that you put it on. So, there's a constant sort of strain and you have to hold yourself in a certain way. It's very uncomfortable. But again you instantly understand the repression that women feel and how much they were captives. It's sort of sad really.

I read a lot of books. So, usually when I go home I try to re-charge my batteries and absorb new stories to become inspired again.