I'm not some sort of tormented soul looking for an identity in the roles I take. I became an actress because I just love dressing up and playing.

'St. Trinian's' is probably taking it to the extreme, but in essence it's saying, 'If you be yourself, you can do whatever you want,' and it's sort of a fun message.

I got into physics through pop science and quantum science and ended up being such a quantum groupie.

I think I was a pretty normal student; I just followed most of my friends.

Initially, I studied philosophy, because it claimed to give you answers to the meaning of existence, but it didn't: It was basically a semantics game.

My parents used to call me 'The Little Frog,' because whenever they asked how I knew something, I'd say 'read it,' which sounds a bit like a frog croak.