It's a wonderful profession, and it opens lots of doors, and I think it's quite right that people can accuse actors and actresses of being dilettante, but you learn on every job, whatever it is, the process moves you on in some way, and yeah, I want to expand my knowledge of our existence, I suppose.

The writing is the springboard for your intuitive stuff and then you see, maybe a colour of what you want to achieve. Then you bring in the technique you've learnt. But when you're on film, you're not always in control of that. That's what makes me believe in a kind of collective unconscious, a sort of experience you draw on.

We're still fighting over the same issue - equal pay.

Feminism was a dirty word for a while.

London keeps me grounded. We don't get praised every time we open our gobs there.

I don't necessarily wait for that massive leading role. I want to keep the juices flowing.

I'm so boring that press kind of leave me alone now. People will believe what they want to believe anyway.