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Fashion choices are never arbitrary. Even if you say you don't care, that's a decision. There's something you're trying to say.
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I actually studied literature at university, so I'm much more of an arts-based person, but I remember I actually did enjoy physics because you got to do weird experiments. I remember we did this thing with static where we all had to put our hands on this static ball to see that your hair would all stand on end.
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I think it's absolutely about time that we have as many female leads as male. It's a very exciting time to be an actress.
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People keep saying how amazing it is having a female lead, and I just sort of feel, 'Well, of course!'
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Interviewing someone is very similar to preparing a character, isn't it? You're just asking questions: 'Who is this person? Why did they make that choice? Why are they doing that?' You're being Sherlock Holmes.
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It's nice to have some continuity you can come back to. I feel that in coming home, coming back to London.
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I want to be paid fairly for the work that I'm doing. That's what every single woman around the world wants. We want to be paid on parity with a man in a similar position.
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I like to jump into different worlds. I'm attracted to the emotional rollercoaster of acting. Now I've been doing it for so many years, I must rather enjoy it.
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I make all my decisions by listening to my instinct and then keeping my fingers crossed it will lead to a good place.
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My mother worked in advertising and my father was a journalist. But they split up when I was three and I grew up in a single-parent family. My mum brought my brother and I up.
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I think there is an enormous appetite for great roles for women.