I wanted to do something artistic with my life but I didn't think I wanted to be an actor, so I went to university and majored in English literature.

I'm lucky I don't do the kind of work where the main thing is that you're the girl and you look gorgeous. I don't look like that. I'm a funny-looking.

I had done theater at school and really enjoyed it. I got a whiff of that sense of excitement that goes with it when I did school plays.