I was 12 and I remember every­thing. I mean, I had done two films before that. The first was actually with Amy Heckerling. It was so brilliant to work with her on my first film. Atonement was the third one I'd done, and I remember how it felt to arrive on set every day. I remember how it felt to get my wig off at the end of the day. I remember how hot it was.

I love New Zealand. It's my favorite place to shoot. It's one of my favorite countries to visit. The people, the food, the landscape, everything about it I love.

I really want to go to college.

I'm all right, not as good as my mom is. Maybe because I don't have kids.

I know most of the photographers in Ireland. And if I don't want my photograph taken, they will leave me alone.

I don't think you could get anything worse than losing a child. I think if my child died, I would prefer it if I were dead.

If I'm in the middle of a take and I start to think about what I'm doing, I just mess up and I have to stop and so I find that for me, you really need to trust your instinct.