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It's interesting to me that I get cast as mothers and really maternal, sweet, nice people... Maybe I have a vulnerability or something; maybe that's what it is.

If you let society and your peers define who you are, you're the less for it.

Mum asks why I am so often cast in adulterous roles. I think it must be because I am fairly flirty.

'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.

It's a blessing and a curse. But it's not always the best situation to be in. As a profession, I don't recommend acting at all.

Don't even think of acting as a profession unless not doing it would cause you to sicken and waste away.

I just think that unless you have that cohesiveness in the family unit, the male character tends to become very dominant, repressive and insensitive. So much of this comes also from a lack of education.

Not because they were servants were we so reserved, for many noble persons are forced to serve through necessity, but by reason the vulgar sort of servants are as ill bred as meanly born, giving children ill examples and worse counsel.

There's nothing wrong with giving yourself a pat on the back. If you can't do that, you can't be objective about your work. You can't be conceited or cocky either, but you can't be too modest either.

I know a lot of people fear the rougher types who might be at a state school, but surely it is better to know who they are and how to deal with them than for that kind of child to appear as a completely different species to yours.