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The honest truth is - and I have felt this way forever - is my largest competitor is myself. Always. I am intimidated by my own hang-ups about acting more so than anything, any part, any director.

I can be intimidating, but not within the confines of a film shoot.

Here's the thing: If you're taking roles that aren't intimidating you, and I think this is a cliche that a lot of actors say, but if it's not intimidating you, then why are you doing it?

I'm not intimidated by lead roles. I'm better in them. I don't feel pressure. I feel released at times like that. That's what I'm born to do.

I want to be respected as an actor. There's my ego. But I don't have a great need to be liked by an audience.

I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as an actor, but as a human being - is a rigour.

I think every role is always exciting and intimidating. I've never had a role where I wasn't intimidated by it.

I've had to deal, a lot, with my own sense of intimidation at meeting famous people - especially actors, but really any famous people.

You have to be talentedly insecure in order to be a good actress. And then it's the director's job to make you more miserable and get a good take.

If there are actors that are brilliant, people often wonder whether it's intimidating working alongside them, but it really isn't. It just makes you up your game and want to be better. Rather than cowering in their shadows, it's very encouraging to see someone who's incredible; it makes me want to be a bit more like them.