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There's never been a game plan, and I suppose I've had an uneasy relationship with my ambition. Someone who had been in my year at drama school once said to me that I was terrifyingly ambitious back then. Which was not at all what I felt at the time - I felt paralysed with shyness, though that evaporated.

There have been a lot of moments in my career when things haven't gone to plan.

I think because of my background - I went through university and did an academic career and fell into acting - I've never had a game plan for my career because I got into it quite ad hoc.

The game is a game, and things happen, and you can't always execute your plan as perfectly as you'd like to.

My life has never been a part of a big plan. It's more of an unfolding adventure.

I've never had a game plan. It's just if something comes along and it feels right in the moment.

One of the things that would steer me away from a franchise is that I'm playing the same character all the time and I wouldn't want to be known for that.

The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the story that I haven't planned.

In every aspect of life, have a game plan, and then do your best to achieve it.