Karla Crome

“Certainty regarding your career aged 15 is very unusual.”

“Some people think all young actors should come up through the ranks of theatre. I don't necessarily think that's true.”

“I briefly flirted with the idea of more stable career choices but they never excited me. I know it's a bit of a cliche but I remember doing school plays in primary school and feeling at home on the stage.”

“It should be very normal to see people of different races and ethnic minorities playing different parts.”

“With TV, you film something and have to wait six months to scrawl through Twitter to see what people think.”

“I'm really into the detective drama genre.”

“I have a camp fascination with all things musical theatre - I've even got the box set of 'Britannia High.'”

“I find it difficult to be comfortable with anything for the same reasons that anyone gets nervous about something - because they want it to be good and they don't want to let anyone down.”

“Writing 'If Chloe Can' has taken me on an amazing journey: from launching the event at Downing Street, to a performance to 1,000 inner-city school girls at a West End theatre, then to an audience of hundreds more at the Royal Society of Chemistry.”

“I read somewhere that people who make lists are more likely to achieve their ambitions.”

“I'm a pretty positive person, so a bad mood is quite a big deal.”

“I am a notorious and constant worrier. I'm worried if I'm not worried.”

“I never had the guts to go to Calais. I didn't see for myself the conditions people were living in, or hear their stories firsthand. That doesn't sit well with my conscience.”

“I think Dennis Kelly's a really good writer.”

“I've got to be honest, with every job I do there's a part of me, that child in me, that goes, 'This is the one.' And it rarely actually is.”

“I love crime series.”

“As an actor, I believe that theatre is the one of the most immediate and exciting mediums to inspire young girls to succeed.”

“For women to succeed in politics, business and entrepreneurial ventures they have to battle against a stereotype of being heartless and unfeminine.”

“I've not been able to finish any project where I haven't had other people involved making me do it really.”

“It's important to find your tribe. If you can find people you can share ideas with, people you're mutually stimulated by it helps you move forward.”