I like to sing along to Annie Lennox and pretend to be as sassy as her.

If I behave as though this is a completely normal situation, then maybe it will be ...

I've just finished reading a book about the brilliant Margaret Rutherford. She wasn't a beauty, but inside she was absolutely blazing and passionate about her work. She's one of those life-affirming characters.

As an actor you get categorized by other people, but it's not like I arrange myself into comedy mode or serious mode. If it's good writing you just have to play it true - if it's funny, it's funny. But obviously you don't want it to be amusing if you're playing Hedda Gabler!

I would try and sing along with bands that I like but it sounded so atrocious that I couldn't.

I don't know, I like the word sassy.