“People keep saying how amazing it is having a female lead, and I just sort of feel, 'Well, of course!'”

“People keep saying how amazing it is having a female lead, and I just sort of feel, 'Well, of course!'”

“It's nice to have some continuity you can come back to. I feel that in coming home, coming back to London.”

“I was thinking 'Love Story', obviously, was a romantic film of that time.”

“I guess I'm a bit of a romantic.”

“It's funny how seeing a love story never gets boring, because it's the dream, isn't it? It's the dream to have a true connection with another human being.”

“There's so much that goes into a film that I feel like it's a bit arrogant to say, 'Oh, I never watch my own movies.' Well, it's not just you. There's a whole host of other people. So much skill goes into it. But I would say it does take a couple times seeing it to get a level of perspective.”

“I am definitely romantic, and I love romantic stories - that's why I keep making romantic movies.”

“People keep saying how amazing it is having a female lead, and I just sort of feel, 'Well, of course!'”

“Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.”

“I'm interested in all forms of performance, yet I think it's difficult to be as equally talented in all of them as they call for such different skills. At the moment, I still feel I'm learning and want as much experience and variety as possible.”

“I think that my parents' divorce gave me a very strong sense of self-reliance and independence. I realised that I needed to make sure I could support myself because you don't know what's going to happen in the future.”