Don't worry if you're interesting enough or beautiful enough or any of the 'enoughs.'
One of the first plays I ever did was at the Royal Court Theatre in London; it was the first play I got after drama school.
Relief is not a word that ever enters my mind, about anything.
As a woman, you do have a sense that if you can do other things, then you should. If you feel, mmm, the roles are getting a little repetitive, and you know you can write, then you should write a different role.
I plan on having a long career. I don't want to burn out.
I just always play these really extreme characters - they've all come with parental guidance stickers on them.
It's such a difficult thing for women, especially, to admit when we're not coping, because we're supposed to be all right with all the different roles we're born with and are piled on us later on.
I got into a habit really early about not talking about work, ever.
Secondary school was a lot harder. That was probably my hardest time. Some of the girls were really nasty. I had to move schools because of the bullying there.
In the future, the idea would be to create work for myself, as a way to work up into my 80s if nothing else. But also, I want to cast my friends in things or people I saw who weren't working and I'd be like, 'Why aren't you working, I don't understand - I'll write you a role in something.'
Honestly, the life of a serial character on television, I'd love to write an essay about it.
From the outside, some people might consider me a hipster!
I don't tend to go into any job thinking about the audience reaction.
I do always try and do work that I'm going to be interested in talking about when it's released.
Being yourself, or being judged as yourself, is really scary.
My mum took me to see 'The Wizard of Oz' when I was about three and I was blown away.
The actors I admire always have something to say, or a level of poetry, belief, activism or intelligence about what they do or how they feel.
The widespread shame of motherhood is criminal, and it needs to stop. The world can never improve if you disrespect the people that bring life.
I want to be a successful actor, never a famous star. Because one is an organic meal that will sustain you, and the other is toxic.
I've always wanted to live somewhere extremely nice like Sloane Square… although that would probably be too nice for me.
