I saw 'The Help' on DVD. I was blown away by Viola Davis: she really straddled that fine line in the plot between what was tragic and what was heart-warming.
A friend of mine told me she's going to freeze her eggs, and I thought, 'Well, I also don't want to be a 55-year-old first time mother,' so you kind of just have to go with what happens.
I did a film a few years ago where I gained a lot of weight for it. I was happy to do that because it was called for in the script.
We're all a result of our early years and our nature and nurture.
I wouldn't do really gratuitous nudity. When I was in my late teens, you'd read stuff and be like, 'That character serves no purpose except being naked', so that would not be something I'd want to do. It's pointless for me.
If you think about it, there's very little about young families on TV, and yet there's so many of them.
I'm only ambitious in the sense that I want to work in as many different media as I can and to play characters which are different to me and to each other. I want to do work that frightens me or challenges me, be it in Dublin or Zimbabwe. I just want to be working.
I consider myself lucky to be going about my business doing something I love.
I love working in Dublin, but when I'm in London, I'm more focused on my career.
In any good piece of writing, it should be easy enough to switch genders.
I think, so often, women play supporting roles or girlfriends or wives - they're there to support a man's journey.
I don't know any woman who's one dimensional, not a single one.
When I was filming in Budapest for ITV's 'Titanic,' I realised I'd never been to the ballet before so decided to see a production of 'Giselle.' I went on my own. As it was my first ballet, it was a very bizarre and interesting experience but very enjoyable.
All too often, female characters, in particular, aren't multi-layered enough.
I really enjoy 'Mad Men,' but I'm hugely into 'Homeland.' The characters are very well drawn and complex.
You're not a combination of all your labels. You just are.
On the Tube, you never see anyone looking you in your eye. They're all looking down at their screen.
I didn't know my mother was an actress until I was eight and she went back to work. At an even younger age than that, I'd wanted to be an actress, so when I saw her, I clearly remember thinking, 'This is a strange coincidence.'
In secondary school, I became aware of the idea of being cool, and that was a bit of a shell shock.
If you're aware of a pattern, you can do something about it, and you can be aware of your own culpability. I like to think I can do that, but, like everyone else, I'm a work in progress.
