I do as much research as is physically possible when I'm playing a real person, be they alive or dead.

I buy the odd book. There's a great book out at the moment called Ego Is the Enemy.

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?

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.

I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy.

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

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.