As much as my parents were worried about me moving to London at 17, they could see that I was hungry to find my path. And it probably helped that they saw me succeeding at it, slowly but surely.
To me, growing up in South Wales, a pair of Diesel jeans were the thing to have - if you could afford them.
I guess once you've been acting for a long time, you glean the great bits of good directors and the bad bits from other directors, and you know the way that you would like to be directed.
I understand, certain scenes have to have a lot of takes. As an actor, I think it's quite nice to have a handful of takes, because you don't want to do it once or twice; I think once or twice sometimes is quite terrifying because you don't really feel like you've given them what you want.
It's hard work just being on set 14 hours a day.
It's a lovely thing to be able to sing.
I don't think you should spend that much time in the gym. Don't sit around between sets too long. If you want to burn some calories, keep the sets tight. Give yourself 30 seconds to a minute between each set. Supersetting is brilliant.
I'm not one of those superstitious people.
I don't need to be super-ripped all year round. That's a pretty miserable way to live your life.
Costume is a massive thing. I think costume makes you stand differently.
The percentage of people that go to drama college in the U.K. is probably just like anywhere in the world. It's a very hard business to work in. They say that, at any one time, there's only 5% of actors in the world that are actually working and getting paid, which is a shocking percentage, really.
And I knew that, being an actor, you have to take the rough with the smooth and the highs with the lows. That's how it is.
In theater, you sometimes can only do one or two jobs a year because they're long periods. In film, you can shoot so many. It's quite interesting.
Vampires were always able to transform into creatures of the night. The dark creatures like bats have always been associated with vampires and using the darkness to their own advantage.
When I was focusing on theater, I would go on for months without any work and could hardly pay the rent.
I don't see enough theatre.
I'd like to make a film musical. That's really my dream.
When I left school, I got a job in a shoe shop and I used to save 15 quid a week and pay for my own singing and acting lessons.
I was bullied at school, so I didn't much like it.
I just love the sound of a black woman's voice.
