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On set, there's a lot of pressure. But it sort of heightens the moments.

Our feeling is that the most important thing on a set is that actors have enough confidence to try different things. If there's stress or tension, they won't go out on a limb because they won't want to embarrass themselves if they don't feel completely comfortable.

I know that some actors and directors like to have intensity on set. I don't, particularly. Certainly, if they want that, that's fine, but I can't work like that.

Some people thrive under pressure, but pressure can also ruin your performance, it can push you down angles which you don't want to go.

I must be the only person in 'Strictly' history who's actually put on weight during rehearsals.

If you play a part that's been done before, on stage for instance, you feel like you're carrying a torch and staggering under the weight of it for a bit and then passing it on to somebody else.

The acting part is easy; it's the preparing - lifting weights and getting your body in tip-top shape - that's the hard part.

It is something actresses need to go through and I think they look forward to being naked in a movie. I don't know why, but it is something you need to exhaust from yourself.

It seems like if you are not painted up special way or have some tailor made outfit to put on to go out on stage... I don't know... there's too much of it out there.