I don't feel comfortable doing movies. It's not what I trained to do. I trained to be a theater actress. You put me on a stage in front of 2,000 people, I know what to do.
If I get an interesting script, I will surely do it. I just don't want to do cliche films.
I prefer to play the villain or the antihero.
I'd rather play a maid than be one.
I feel like I'm more of a physical actor than a voice actor.
I think that every piece has its challenges. I love going back and forth between one and the other. I'll always pick a comedy over a drama.
I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts, but male brains that I prefer.
It's better to play negative lead roles than portray just any other character on the show.
I definitely wouldn't shy away from doing another action based project, but I feel like my forte is more like playing real, ordinary people. I'm a girl's girl.
I used to want to be in 'Downton' because I had never been in a period drama, but then I did 'The Suspicions of Mr Whicher' and had to wear one of those frocks and... I didn't feel very comfortable.
I love playing villains.
I enjoy directing, but I really like acting more. The idea of controlling the whole thing is not something that really appeals to me as much as being able to just control the world of the character that I'm dealing with.
I don't care about the length of anything I play, as long as it's a good character.
I love film so much. I think theatre will definitely be there for me as well, but for now I'd like to do more films.
In a big Bollywood romantic film, taking my shirt off and spreading the hand towards the mountain with dancers behind me are not my cup of tea.
I love acting. It's what I've done all my life, and to me, it's a lot easier than doing reality television because you get into a character, you remember your lines, and you go home and leave it all behind at the end of the day.
Me in a cape? I don't fancy that. Tight tights? Nah! I don't think that's right for me. I just respond more to true stories; that's my flavour.
My heart is closer to acting than singing. It's always been that way.
I was never good at that Disney/Nickelodeon kind of acting. It's not really my cup of tea.
I like acting in London-not least because it means I can go home after the show every day, rather than being on location making a film.
I like the community of acting better than the prison of writing. I like sets.
There are a lot of actors - I'm probably one - who are most at home when they're on stage.
I don't think musicals are my thing. I'm not a big fan. Definitely have to get on the stage and do something like a straight play.
I happen to be one of those rare actors that actually loves very intelligent and well-acted science fiction.
I think I'll always prefer theater to working in front of the camera. It seems a more distilled form of the craft.
