There's a lot of intensity when you're on a set. And then it just goes away and no one's giving you attention or flooding you with compliments.

I definitely had creative people around me, but my parents were more just very encouraging.

Where I am now, you're very much at everybody else's mercy. You have no control over your career in a lot of ways. It's just important to know what your own goals are, because that's empowering.

The British are so funny. It's like they can't believe I lived in Hackney. 'You could live in Bondi Beach. Why would you want to live in 'Ackney?' But Hackney's fantastic. I'm serious. There are so many artists there. I loved the markets, the parks, the pubs, the diversity. It was a cultural melting-pot.

I think diversity for most actors is such a blessing. It's something definitely I've strived for.

The British are so funny.

It's important to have female solidarity and support each other and other actresses.