The more you work, the more people can see that you're something different from what's come before.
I'm small. I'm petite. But I'm a bit of a fighter inside.
Those moments when you don't feel self-conscious, when you escape that, are when you produce something meaningful.
Always, my mother said, "Be yourself." That is sometimes the hardest thing to do. I try to always remember that and come back to that and have strength in who you are. There is only one you.
"The Theory of Everything" is an extraordinary story because [Jane Hawing] was incredibly religious and [Stephen Hawking] was an atheist, so you have this conflict both on a domestic level between a couple in a difficult situation but also this bigger conflict of science versus religion, so it's a really fascinating project.
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.
I feel like with acting it's not like you make a choice - it's kind of in you and you have to do it or you wouldn't be able to survive.
I've always been a feminist, and what I love in my work is being able to explore a full-sided woman and not patronize her.
I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.
I'm too much left brain. I very much have an emotional response to things; I love literature and films and storytelling. I need to nourish my right side, it doesn't get a lot of exercise.
I want to be paid fairly for the work that I'm doing. That's what every single woman around the world wants.
In my work I fight for, I hope, showing women in a true way. They've got brains.
When you're believing in the person that you're playing, you feel protected. It's about being true to that person you're playing.
I think, as an actor, you're always traveling. There's a sense of dislocation sometimes from home.
I have a great plain blue shirt from APC, and a denim one from Dolce that I wear constantly. It's hard to find the perfect denim shirt, but this is it.
But for everyone, I think, there is always a pressure to conform, and I guess as you get older you realize it's less interesting to do that. It starts with you, though, saying, 'I know what I like doing and that's what I'm going to do.
A lot of my time is spent watching films and reading scripts. And it can be all-consuming. And it's obviously something I'm fortunate that is both my work and my hobby. It's what I would naturally be doing anyway.
As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up.
When you're a young actor, there's this pressure to rush. But I hope to be doing this into my sixties and seventies, so I'd prefer to take my time.
I would work as hard as possible at school so I could keep acting alongside.
My most treasured item is the brown leather bag that my mum bought me from a little Italian shop for my 21st. It's supposed to be a vanity bag, but I use it as a handbag.
I'm a real geek. I love spending time researching a character and reading about them.
I would describe my look as 'ladylike rock chick.
Going to auditions is always so nerve-wracking. I don't think they ever get any easier.
Now we live in a time where the public and the private are completely fused and there isn't such a great distinction. We know our private lives are constantly made public. With Facebook and Twitter there isn't such a desire, it feels, to keep things private.
