My Name Means Freedom In Irish.

It's Too Distracting To Read About Yourself. You Want To Be Perfect And You Want Everyone To Love You, And That's Never Going To Happen.

The Written Word Can Be Powerful And Beautiful - But Films Transport Us To Another Place In A Way That Even The Most Evocative Words Never Can.

I Was 12 And I Remember Every­thing. I Mean, I Had Done Two Films Before That. The First Was Actually With Amy Heckerling. It Was So Brilliant To Work With Her On My First Film. Atonement Was The Third One I'd Done, And I Remember How It Felt To Arrive On Set Every Day. I Remember How It Felt To Get My Wig Off At The End Of The Day. I Remember How Hot It Was.

'romeo And Juliet' Is The Classic Love Story. When Two Lovers Are Separated And Trying To Get Back To One Another, That's Fiercely Romantic And Something You Become Glued To.

I Certainly Don't Feel Like I Am Desperate To Run Away From A Film Set. I Love The Hustle And Bustle. Everything Is Sort Of Mad Right Before A Take, And Then It Just Settles, And You've Got These Two Minutes Of A Bit Of Magic. I Just Love That In Film.