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" I was a bit of a loner as a teenager. I never went to a single social event, because they terrified me. "

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" I always collect a bunch of images for every film that I do, that reminds me of an essence of the character, or the time that they live in, or what they're experiencing. "

" I get restless easily so I always want to keep working, but I am trying to pace it as well. "

" With dance, you learn to channel nerves into energy, excited energy. "

" I was shy at school. "

" As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business. "

" Doing an accent removes you from yourself and reminds you, every instant, that you're playing a part. "

" I've been honoured to portray such intelligent and sophisticated roles. "

" Feminism is just about equality, really, and there's so much stuff attached to the word, when it's actually so simple. I don't know why it's always so bogged down. "

" Coming from dance, I feel acting is - I'm not going to say easy, because it's not. But the dance world is more hard-core. "

" Although I'm not particularly troubled myself, I do have a lot of empathy for troubled characters. "

" Fame is useful in certain ways, because it helps you get more roles. "

" I got the first thing I auditioned for - a guest role on two episodes on 'All Saints,' and I don't think I had ever been that excited. "

" I like to do projects that challenge me, and hopefully in turn challenge the audience, or open your eyes to something you're not aware of. "

" I want to just do my job and do it well. "

" When you look at magazines, you feel so inadequate and so small and you feel really imperfect, when you're constantly seeing these images. "

" All the time that I'm acting with an animated character, I'm looking at a tennis ball or sticky tape or an eyeline or a man in a green suit. There's no real environment, just this electric green that's blaring into your brain. "

" I like characters who remind me of someone I know. "

" The wardrobe is always the last piece of the puzzle. When you step into the clothing, that's the final step to figuring out that character. "

" I've never been happier to be born in this time than when I was wearing a corset. "

" Even if you're independent, I think you get lonely. "

" I love seeing my family. "

" My mom used to have a lot of European cinema playing in the house, so I'd catch bits and pieces of films. "

" I was probably a bit of a mimic when I was a kid, and I used to imitate people. "

" I would hope everyone would be a feminist. "

" When I step back and look at all of these really successful people that I've worked with, one thing I do take away from it is how hard they work and how focused they are. "

" What I like about film is it explores imperfections. "

" I always try and learn as much as I can from different departments on a film set. "