I don't want to massively slag off Marvel, I don't. Because they have just employed a woman to be their superhero, and so hallelujah.

It sounds trite, but I like telling stories.

I'm very nerdy about my music, and I like interrogating people about what they put on playlists.

I was the kid that grew up watching Bette Davis films.

To read a character I'm not sympathizing with is generally quite a good, attractive proposition because I've got somewhere to go, I've got work to do, to try to understand why they behave like they behave, to relate entirely and understand them and to be completely emotionally connected. That is much more fun 99 percent of the time.

Lentil dhal is the only thing I can cook.

I've never been desperate to please my father.