I've always been really in touch with my primal instincts. In my profession, you have to be.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You have to ask a lot of questions and listen to people, but eventually, you have to go by your own instincts.
My principal at RADA once told me, 'You'll know you're a professional when you don't feel like doing it but you have to do it.'
I act with my gut instincts.
I've never formally trained in acting, so I'm very instinctual and visceral with decisions.
I don't always trust my own instincts. It would be nice if someone else would tell me what I should do with my life!
Sometimes it's hard to tell where your instincts start and your baggage stops.
Once I've ascertained that I'm safe and I'm with a director who is taking care of me, then I'm able to go and do what I need to do and know it's not me, it's the story.
In the end I do respond to my own instincts. Sometimes they're successful, and obviously sometimes they're not. But you have to, I think, remain true to what you believe in.
I am just a normal professional with a great job and a great life.
Throughout my career I have been talked out of things I wanted to do, and when I look back, I think I should have followed my instincts.