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" More often than not, I get cast as quite Machiavellian roles - it's something about my face; I'm quite shifty or something! "

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" The world is changing so quickly, and actors now have this huge platform of social media to interact with their audiences, but I choose not to have a social media footprint. I'm old-school like that. "

" Because of my job, I get a lot of opportunity to grab a few days here and there in many cool cities for press commitments, magazine shoots and premieres - Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Paris, Stockholm, New York, Berlin. I always try to get to a gallery or museum if there's time. "

" It really bugs me the way people criticise how actors look. We're not models. Models exist. "

" My role as Ewan McGregor's girlfriend in the film 'Incendiary' ended up on the cutting-room floor, but at least I had two brilliant days of acting with Ewan. "

" You can think what you like of Madonna - about her political choices and her PR - but you have to respect her courage not to let the critics stop her exploring her potential. "

" I think every actor brings something personal to a role, right? "

" When I turn on the news in Paris, the way Syria is covered is different from the way it is covered in Washington, D.C., or London. Even in Western society, where we hold all the values of democracy and freedom of speech, as soon as you point a camera in a particular direction, there is an angle - literally and figuratively. "

" I'm always open to trying out new things. "

" I've always been a history lover. I've spent a lot of recreational time walking around historical castles and estates, in Britain and Europe, and so I know what the real thing looks like. "

" I'm not clever enough to be in machinations and real politics. "

" I love poker! "

" Madonna is completely down-to-earth. She's an absolute professional. "

" It is impossible for human beings not to view something subjectively. "

" I couldn't pick just one defining breakthrough role. I like to think that they're all a part of me. "

" I love cycling. "

" I'm a 'Blackadder' girl. "

" My party trick is that I can get ready to go to the party really quickly. I'm actually a woman that can have a shower, dry and style her hair, do her make-up and get dressed in under an hour. "

" When I was a little girl, my grandfather, who I was very close to, used to grow yellow roses. He had yellow roses growing all the way up his drive. "

" I'm a London girl, so I grew up on Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood... Dior, Chanel, the usual suspects. "

" I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy. "

" From my experience of shooting 'Tudors' on the island of Ireland, you cannot predict the weather. "

" I'm very lucky to be in projects that have such skilled writing in them. "

" I think women have always been trying to look healthy. The makeup artists just teach you the quick cheats. "

" As an actress, as you get older, you find yourself in a situation where you play mothers or women who are hoping to be mothers. "

" Jennifer Lawrence is just the coolest girl. "

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" I feel like I've really earnt my stripes - I feel ready to play a lead. I would just love to prove I'm good enough to carry a project. "

" I'm glad that cinema is catching up to what television has known for a while: That three-dimensional, complex women get an audience engaged as much as the men. "

" Anne Boleyn is an intriguing character. She seems to appeal to modern-day women in a very potent way. Because she was such an independently opinionated and spirited young woman, which at the time was unheard of. "

" Sci-fi always runs out a little bit ahead of reality, right? Automatic doors in 'Star Trek,' stuff like that. It all happened, didn't it, finally? "