I'm Really Into Strong, Female Roles -

I Filmed 'albatross' Before I Got 'downton.' It's A Coming-of-age Movie About This Girl Who Leaps Into This Family's Life, Like A Whirlwind. She's Ballsy And Brash And Wonderful, It Was Such An Amazing Character To Play.

The Thing I Adore About Acting Is That It's Not Me: You Get To Experience All These Emotions, But Essentially It's Not You.

What I Really Learned From Tim Burton Is That It's Important To Have Your Own Person In A Role Because You Can't Play A Character Unless There Are Elements Of Human Behaviour That You Yourself Understand. I Was Really Struck By How Tim Burton Would Like To Sit And Chat About You... Or Question Things Which Then You Had Never Thought About. It Is A Good Thing To Always Step Back A Bit With Things Like That. But I Try My Damned Hardest To Learn Something From Everything I Do.

I Really Enjoy Auditions Anyway Because I Think That Even If You Come Out Of Them, And You Go In Once And It Never Goes Anywhere, There Is Something That You Bring Out Of It Or A Note That Will Come Back To Your Agent And That's The Way You Learn.

You Never Think You're As Old As You're Ever Going To Get.