I grew up on musicals, and I know they are quite the thing now, but I’m actually a little indignant, because I started taking singing lessons years ago – I put the time in!

I really don’t like when things are all polished and perfect – the perfect love story and the hair is perfect.

A man like Wilde was not free to live out of the closet as a homosexual, and women in general were not able to be truly themselves; there was no place for a woman’s voice to be heard or for her to express her sexuality.

I’ve just been lucky. I’d like to have more choices, and I’d like to have a leading part.

Singing really oxygenates your blood. You stretch your lungs and take in much more air into them than before. It’s really good for your health.

Politics itself is so unsexy, isn’t it? But when the politics in creative works are really explored – not used as a vehicle – the results can be really interesting.

I’ve just been really lucky to not be too much of a stereotype.

I feel like theatre gives me the grounding, and keeps me alive, basically. Film gives me the thrill, and it’s like a one night stand. But I do enjoy being around people who love it so much.

I’m a person who has to eat! I graze every few hours.

I can’t tell stories to save my life. I like to have fun, and I go out and have a lot of fun. But I’m not really an entertainer that way. I’m much more shy.