A character on a page has to feel real, and for me the greatest fun is if you could gender-swap the role.

Every role affects an actor a little bit. There's always a little chunk of a character that stays left over in your heart.

I have been to Canada several times. It was autumn when I visited Vancouver and I will always remember the colour of the trees in British Columbia were stunning.

I think classes can be the most fun. And if you want to make it a social thing and you want to go with friends, then that's the way to do it.

I know I'm not a conventional beauty. You can read a lot of painful things on the Internet, which criticise you aesthetically - but as far as I'm concerned, that's not what an actress is.

A character on a page has to feel real, and for me the greatest fun is if you could gender-swap the role.

It's a writer's or director's role to be cerebral, whereas for an actor it should be a visceral, gut thing. When the action starts, it's best to turn the brain off and let it become an instinctual thing.