"I can't bear kissing scenes." — Olivia Colman

I had a lovely, feral, free childhood - out and then come back when you're hungry or it gets too dark. I feel slightly cruel that I'm not offering my children the same.

I was nervous about meeting Charlotte Rampling, as she's a proper legend, but she is just so sweet.

I started off in comedy, but that's just where I got my work. I've always been an actor.

I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'

I find Shakespeare terrifying. When Simon Russell Beale does a speech, I understand every word of it, but if I did the same speech, people would be going, 'Huh? What?'

If a script is good, you are 10 steps into the part just reading it. But my choices are not all down to my taste. It is about people you have worked with before.

In general, I'm rubbish in heels. I love them, and I own a lot because it's like being in a sweet shop: they're pretty. But I'm not good in them. I don't walk nicely in heels.

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I can't bear kissing scenes.