Everyone Thinks I'm Ethereal. But I'm Not

The Written Word Can Be Powerful And Beautiful - But Films Transport Us To Another Place In A Way That Even The Most Evocative Words Never Can.

I Remember Being On Atonement And It Felt Very Right To Be There. There Was So Much Excitement Every Day. I Remember Very Vividly How It Felt To Be A Child On A Film Set, And That Is Actually Really Important To Hold On To For As Long As You Continue To Make Films.

When I Was Younger, I Would Mess About And Have A Laugh With Everyone. I Was Doing Atonement When I Was About 12, And As We Went To Do This Very Serious Scene, The Director Joe [wright] Came Up To Me ... I'd Been Giggling Right Up To The Beginning Of The Take. And He Came Up To Me And Said, "okay, You Need To Be Serious Now." I Completely Idolized Him.

I'm All Right, Not As Good As My Mom Is. Maybe Because I Don't Have Kids.

Ivo Van Hove Is Directing The Crucible, And Rehearses In Quite An Unusual Way. We Started Rehearsals Last Week And Dived Straight Into The First Act, Like, Five Minutes After We All Turned Up. No Warm-ups. We Were Very Intensely Immersed In That Whole World On Day One. It Was Quite Surreal Because I've Never Done Any Theater Before.