I think you can't be really posh and be an interesting actor. I'm a bit of a posh rough.
Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different.
I don't think you can get any more working class than me. Everyone seems posh to me.
I went to a very posh school, I had a very privileged upbringing with parents who were incredibly loving and brilliant. I've never tried to hide that; I'm not going to change my accent or talk in a different way.
When posh boys are in trouble they sack their servants.
I got into this thing called the National Youth Theatre, and to me, that was all about the status quo. It seemed to me like 'Downton Abbey' - all the working-class and black people were playing servants, or the gravedigger in 'Hamlet,' and the boys from Eton and posh private schools got Hamlet, all the big roles.
I went to America to get away from constantly being cast in costume dramas, playing posh people.
A musical, in its true form, is where emotions reach a height where true spoken word cannot be enough, and you must sing. That's all it is. It's not posh; it's not out of your reach. It's the most visceral way to tell a story.
I've never been aware of the difference between so-called posh actors and working-class actors.
People assume I'm posh because I'm one of the acting dames. I grew up in Tottenham and didn't used to speak like I do now.
