Struggle is nature's way of strengthening it
I want to prove that you don't have to come from Oxford University or Rada - and you don't have to have parents that support you - to succeed.
I believe it is my duty as a performer to raise issues in the world of things we're afraid to look at.
We're all living blinkered lives, and we're not seeing what's going on and looking to change it. I'm not saying that everyone has to make a political statement, but we need to be more aware of what's happening and why.
I think there's a very fine line between the type of performing that some actors do, and being in a state in your mind where you actually believe what's going on. If we weren't actors, what would we do with that ability? Would we not be slightly insane? Mentally ill? I don't know.
Coming back into television, I was very, very wary about committing to anything that could potentially take a long time. I don't mind movies, but I was nervous of television.
I don't get the point in a lot of biopics, they're boring. You know what's gonna happen. You're just watching actors show off.
Life is beautiful but people are crazy.
Getting candor right - with your reports, your peers, and your boss - is a skill that can make or break your career.
Frankly, I was extremely jealous of his scenes with Zoe Saldana and I think it's totally unfair that I never got to do that. I will never forgive the writers and the director, for having put me in this position, to have to be watching that, rather than participating.
What cook can match herself against hunger and memory?