Lucy Punch

“I'm a really good dinner party guest. I am always so appreciative, impressed that anyone has even managed to turn on the oven and cook for me.”

“I had a very nice, cozy childhood. I did lots of plays at school and worked with the National Youth Theatre as a teenager.”

“I did buy 'The Sun' a few times, but I just don't read the tabloids. Sometimes they can have genius witty headlines, but that's all. There's nothing to read.”

“The actors I admire, like Ben Kingsley or Daniel Day-Lewis, they totally reinvent themselves in every part. I hope I get a chance to do that.”

“I personally do not find puke funny. I find it disgusting.”

“If you can make people laugh, you know you're getting it right; it's an instant pat on the back.”

“I was very chatty and talkative and always getting sent out of class for talking too much and not paying attention, passing notes.”

“When I was 17 I interned at a school, and it was the most exhausting, difficult thing I've ever done, with all these screaming children.”

“I love the Midwest accent.”

“I always played the ugly sister instead of Cinderella or the Wicked Witch. But those are the parts I love, and actually, to be a character actress, you have more longevity, hopefully.”

“I'm not ashamed to look like a total idiot.”

“That's nice, to be compared to Joanna Lumley. She played my mother once in 'Ella Enchanted.' I was one of the ugly sisters, and she was the stepmother, so that was great. I'll take that comparison, thank you.”

“People ask why I always play crazy people and free spirits. I guess it is because I like to have fun. But I am more ambitious than your average free spirit. This job is hard enough that, without drive and hard work, you will never make it work.”

“What I like in L.A. is that it's a lot more brutal. In England it's, 'Have a cup of tea, have a chat,' and you still don't get the part. In L.A. you go in, do your bit, and if they don't like you, you're straight out again. In a sense, that's more honest.”

“I always find it funny when I watch actors talking about, 'I chose to do this part.' A lot of times it's 'you're lucky to get the job.' We're like, 'Thank you so much.'”