My remit has always been: I want to do something different from the last thing I've done.

It's a good time for me, but it's only recently I've become comfortable in my job. At the start, it's hard having the nerve to call yourself an actor, let alone doing it. I gave myself two years after drama school, and if I didn't make it, then I'd give it up.

I feel safe that theater will always serve women in different ages.

I come from the south, so you're useless and you're a bit pathetic. That's the first thing that the northerners think of you.

There's such a huge link with fashion, with front covers of magazines and selling products, but that's not what you go into the job for, and yet you're persuaded that's what you have to do to create the opportunities for yourself.

I'm from the theater, darling. I want to know what happens at the end.

My parents are desperate, they keep saying: 'Please stop doing these angsty roles; make it easier for us.' So, yeah, I'd love to do some comedy.