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“I would say I tip over-easily, which is the inner waitress in me. I had to serve tables myself and I know that if the food is not good it's not the waiter's fault so I'll still tip. And if service is already included in the bill I might tip on top, which I know is not necessary.”
“I'm generally happiest in a rehearsal room, if the rehearsals are going well.”
“I do have a fear of being cursed, genetically; that I might have the same chemical imbalance that caused my father's depression.”
“I had such a big crush on Jeremy Irons when I was growing up.”
“I loved Hollywood musicals and would dance around in the living room to 'Top Hat' when I was a child. I was shattered when I found out that I had no vocal range whatsoever. I couldn't even hold a note.”
“Theatre and television are two totally different disciplines.”
“I thought I was lacking because I wasn't particularly ambitious.”
“I love the way the Japanese prepare food - it's so skilful and clean.”
“I have an unusual larynx; when I auditioned at RADA, they thought I had nodes on my throat, but it's just my natural voice and it's always been this way.”
“I wish it was easier for young people to go to drama school. It is too expensive and there are so few opportunities when they graduate.”
“You have you be true to yourself and if you're not, you're stuffed.”
“Ophelia's such a victim - and I'm not good at playing victims. I prefer to play strong, feisty women. I kept trying to save Ophelia.”
“Appearing in a play night after night is a Herculean task. But it's like a muscle, and you develop it.”
“I was born in Cuckfield, West Sussex, but then spent some time in the Bahamas, where my parents moved to join my maternal grandfather, who ran a law firm.”
“When I first started working I was lucky enough to shoot a number of films abroad so I travelled quite extensively.”
“When I was a kid, I was teased that I should be a boy because of my voice.”
“I'm a private person, so what I want to do is do the work that interests me and then go home.”
“I always played male roles in the school play - including Napoleon.”
“My tendency has always been towards strong, repressive roles.”
“Melodrama is busy, tragedy isn't.”