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" At 11, I got my first job in a mini-series for America, and it was very exciting. "

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" I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental. "

" Acting is an aesthetic career, which is annoying. "

" Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do. "

" I defy any woman that doesn't feel more elegant and more groomed and ready for an evening than if you have a blow dry. "

" I have been working since I was 11 on everything including period dramas. "

" I'm not a flying fan. I can't bear it. "

" When you're acting, you're escaping and hiding behind something. It's cliched to say, but there's a safety there. "

" Hairdressers call me dark blonde, but I think they're wrong. I feel far more naturally confident blonde. My mum's blonde, my sister's platinum blonde. I thought, 'When I grow up, that's what I'm going to look like.' "

" I don't know what it is about me, but I don't think of myself as sexy; I never have. "

" I have to be careful not to do so many comedy airhead roles from now on. I've turned down a couple already. "

" The weather in California is so much hotter than it is in England that it's absolutely changed my style. I have many more dresses and shorts than I ever thought I would coming from U.K.! It's so much easier to dress femininely in a warm climate. "

" The 1950s would be my ideal decade because I'm actually very traditional; I enjoy being at home, and I'm a complete nester. "

" I am my own worst enemy. My friends and family will say, 'You've got everything going for you right now', and I say, 'Oh yes, but!' Which is not a good way to be. "

" I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening. "

" I'm a big handbag lover and will always have one with me. "

" Some people who meet me might think I starve myself, because there's such an assumption that being thin involves putting yourself through torture and punishing your body, but I'm just naturally skinny - you should watch me demolish a ploughman's lunch. "

" My style is schizophrenic! One minute I'll be wearing bright girly dresses, and the next I'll be swinging towards more structured masculine things. "

" I have no sense of direction at all. Thank the Lord for my TomTom, otherwise I'd spend my whole life lost. "

" I'm not interested in serial dating; I'd honestly rather be single. "

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" Once you take a role, you have to do it properly and do it justice. "

" I don't think any actors love taking their clothes off on film, unless you're an exhibitionist, which I'm certainly not. "

" L.A. is definitely a Marmite sort of place for me. I used to hate it, but now I love it. I think it really helps if you know the places and the restaurants and the nice bars to go to and if you have friends there. I've got some friends over there now, and they're not all actors, which is quite refreshing, and now I have a great time there. "

" Always take earplugs and an eye mask. It doesn't matter where you are. Even if you're in the best hotel, if there's road works outside, then you're screwed. So I take earplugs and an eye mask with me wherever I go. "

" I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.' "

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" I think if you have a good night's sleep, you can take on the world. "

" The truth is, I'm not body confident. "