I feel that it's important to fail now and again. For instance, if I go for a job and I don't get it, that makes me not a better person, but more balanced, more aware of what life is really like.

I wish I was a more adventurous person in a way. But actually, security is a really big deal for me.

I have always been interested in gender politics, so I'm not that keen on doing things that don't represent a truth about women.

As a kid, I really loved 'Jane Eyre,' I used to fantasise that the past was so much better and my lifetime was crap.

Female ambition is such a complicated thing to play because it is an aggressive quality, and people respond very badly to women exhibiting any kind of aggression.

I love '30 Rock.' Absolutely love it. It's a game-changing show.

I don't really want to do things that I feel like are going to send out a message that I don't really want to sign up for.