You can't come out of drama school and think, 'It's all going to be amazing.' You have to expect to work in a bar for at least five years and be a waitress for maybe two!
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I always wanted to go to a drama school.
The wonderful thing about drama school is that it stretches you in a way the industry doesn't.
I've never worked as hard as when I was at drama school. It's the most professional environment I've ever been in.
There wasn't much for me to do after school except the drama club, so when I kind of started doing drama club, it seemed to be something I could do.
What you don't get necessarily at drama school is a gigantic mix of people. At university, there's people from every social background, and you get to go through that period of being naive and not quite sure who you're going to be.
I think so often you can come out of drama school and get thrown in the deep end.
There's a huge gulf between people who can afford to go to drama school and those who can't.
I had a great drama teacher, and he sort of made out drama school as this incredibly difficult thing to get into: 6,000 people apply every year, and some of the schools only have 12 places. It's a phenomenally difficult thing to get into. And that excited me - I wanted that challenge.
The weird thing about drama school is that you train for three years for one thing, and then, more often than not, it's something that you haven't trained for that you end up doing.
I never went to a drama school or anything. I just gave it my best shot, and everyone seemed to like it, so I carried on doing it.