Holliday Grainger

I was so tiny when my parents split up that I can't remember them ever being together. That was never an issue, as I guess I never went through the trauma of them splitting up.

Long scenes of emotion are quite difficult - you've got to build up to them and make sure you're in the right emotional space.

I auditioned for a musical, and I can't sing. It was a kid's film musical, not a stage show, so I thought I could get away with it.

That strategy of buy and hold, which is the sound and sensible one for the individual, can have very dangerous and perverse effects for the market as a whole.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.