Laura Carmichael

There is no way I'd have wanted to live in the Twenties. It was really crap for women.

I'm from Southampton.

I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.

I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.

Nas is one of my favorite rappers because you don't get any of that flashy stuntin'; you get the real, just raw bars. The way he tells stories and his vibe, I think we would make great music together.

In 1938, I was given a one-year teaching appointment, which was sensational for British universities. This was converted into the usual four-year contract for an Assistant Lecturer in 1939.