Acting is a strange job because your control is very limited.

I don't really want to play parts that I think are not fully developed or fleshed out, especially with female roles.

My alter egos have changed a lot over the years. When I was a child, I was a black horse called Storm. Whinnying and jumping over bamboo poles in the garden took up pretty much my entire childhood.

I think it's very repressive for a woman to be constantly told that she has to make films about women to better represent women, but then the reverse is not found.

I love the theatre and I love working in the theatre but I'm a big cinefile and I love the movies. I also do scribble but to limited success! I think I find being in a room on my own quite hard, which I think a lot of actors do because what we do is so inter-active. It's a very supportive profession... despite its reputation for being highly competitive it's actually one of the most collaborative professions you can do in the arts because you're always working in a team.

I can only do something that my sister or my daughter, if I have one, could watch and feel positive about.

I have a very strong, probably slightly aggressive personality, and so that just ends up coming out regardless of what I try to do.