Natasha Little

“You can finish the day's filming or the whole shoot or watch something months later and think you could have done it so much better. It's frustrating.”

“I'm not cool at all. I'm the least cool person I know.”

“I love rehearsing; it's the best part of the job.”

“I'm guilty of it myself, sort of thinking, 'Classic novels: snoozeville.' But there is a huge amount of wonderful material.”

“I've never, ever done a piece of work - and can't imagine doing a piece of work - when I've thought, 'I was pretty perfect in that.'”

“Getting older doesn't bother me. When I was 30, I thought I should have achieved more, but you get more comfortable and think it's time to stop putting pressure on yourself.”