If a part terrifies me, that is definitely a reason to do it.

Changing my name was traumatic for me.

I have never worn a watch. I did at 17 and it annoyed me.

There are so many huge roles in the theatre: if you've got the option to play Hedda Gabler on stage, why wouldn't you choose that over a three-line part in a Hollywood film as somebody's maid or somebody's wife or somebody's best friend?

There's this funny thing with pilots that you have to sign the contract to do the whole job before you're even offered the part. And they make about a million pilots a year, but hardly any of them get turned into series.

When you are up close to an opera singer, hearing this incredible volume of noise coming from a human being - it's beyond belief.