A journalist can make or break a case, in a way, because they can figure out things the police can't, or they can destroy people's lives.

I know that people who have been to RADA and LAMDA can smash accents and do Shakespeare: all those things that I never really trained in.

If you have a passion and love for something, it's hard to give it up. I had jobs where the people were helpful and let me go to auditions, and I'd make up the hours another day. I was lucky in that respect: I could afford to get to London.

If Madonna asks anybody to go and hang out with them for a month, they'd all do it.

It is Method on 'This is England;' it is. But it can't be Method on every job because it just doesn't work for everything.

I'm not slim. I'm a curvy girl: I've got thighs and a bum. I don't mind baring the fact that I've got a bit of cellulite because everybody has. I find it off-putting when everybody on telly is the same size or looks the same build. For me, it's important for people to watch someone normal.