Holliday Grainger

“True love, especially first love, can be so tumultuous and passionate that it feels like a violent journey.”

“When I was younger, I was always being told I had a period face, but 'Bel Ami' was my first shot at it.”

“I did a year at Leeds, studying English. They basically threw me out, because I was taking too much time off to act. So I transferred to the Open University, because I could do it all online. By that point, I had admitted to myself that I had the acting bug.”

“You'll always end up filling out a character. It might be with aspects of yourself.”

“I'd love to do more independent films.”

“When you're a child, you take things for granted. For instance, my mum didn't have a lot of money, but I went to piano, ballet and gymnastics lessons, and tae kwon do.”

“I've got a massive actor girl crush on Carey Mulligan, so I'd love to be buddies with her. She just oozes this joyful, natural innocence and always brings a nice emotional depth to her character.”

“I'm very lucky, as I've never ever felt any pressure from any producer to lose weight, whereas a lot of actresses have.”

“I'd like to continue acting as long as I enjoy it.”

“To be able to analyze plays and novels is so relevant to acting.”

“I come from a very loving, stable background where I've been persuaded to just be myself and anything is possible.”

“It's always really surreal, being on a film set, but inside a beautiful, massive scene.”

“I admire my mother for being a single mum. It's ridiculously hard.”

“The media was completely influential in the rise and fall of Bonnie and Clyde.”

“Jack Thorne writes so well for messed-up teenage girls.”

“I don't have any massive ambitions to be a movie star.”

“I seem to play a lot of troubled kids.”

“Long scenes of emotion are quite difficult - you've got to build up to them and make sure you're in the right emotional space.”

“I love the opportunity to do lots of different kinds of projects - independent films and big studio epics as well. I'd love to be able to do a mixture.”

“I was so tiny when my parents split up that I can't remember them ever being together. That was never an issue, as I guess I never went through the trauma of them splitting up.”