I started acting when I was seven. And I went to a local drama school which is very well-known in London. Because of that, I started getting jobs, and I worked all the time as a child, pretty much non-stop.

I'm always looking for the comfiest place to lie down, like a cat.

What I generally get from being in Africa is a sense of warmth and openness. As a stranger, you are always welcomed into people's homes and people are always offering you food. That generosity is incredibly touching.

At Cambridge, it was the weirdest culture. Everyone pretended they didn't do any work, yet it was so competitive.

As a society we should be encouraging people out of the debt-culture mindset, not promoting it.

I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!

I'm always interested in telling stories that have a message because I really do believe that film is so powerful.