I was frequently told at drama school that I was thinking too much.

I don't think you have to live in the fantasy world of Westeros to have problems with your mother-in-law.

I know people think that acting is not quite the occupation of grown-ups, but it is actually the ultimate learning process: You get a multitude of experiences, all for the price of one life.

Problems reconciling mom and the wife are difficult in the best of times.

I go to yoga classes as well as practicing myself. I'm always open to new experiences and when I'm in different cities shooting, I try some local classes sometimes.

When you play a real person, you feel a sense of responsibility that obviously you don't feel when you're playing a fictional character.

Cersei took so many of us out in the last episode and she's really turned dark; even Jaime Lannister can see that, so I don't think that Cersei Lannister is long for her Westeros world. I hope she's not.