I say I’m an atheist but I wouldn’t mind being visited by a ghost.

I started writing In Darkness out of a frustration of the quality of roles that I was reading in scripts for women.

As an actor, your text is your bible, so you're not making a documentary, but you still have to follow the choices made by your writer.

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

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.

Anne Boleyn is an intriguing character. She seems to appeal to modern-day women in a very potent way. Because she was such an independently opinionated and spirited young woman, which at the time was unheard of.

I think the beauty of the writing of 'Game of Thrones' is not that the characters are fearless; it's how they overcome their fear, you know?