Mike Leigh encourages you to choose a person that you know to base your character on. You write a whole list of people that you know and you go through that list in great depth with him. And then he…

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I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and...

I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and...

Mimicking people was something I did already.

Mimicking people was something I did already.

I find singing as somebody else very liberating, it just frees me up.

I find singing as somebody else very liberating, it just frees me up.

My earliest acting memory is making up a play for my mom and dad called...

My earliest acting memory is making up a play for my mom and dad called...

I just find it thrilling, especially when I totally lock in to the person that...

I just find it thrilling, especially when I totally lock in to the person that...

My own singing voice is not very good and I don't think that anybody really...

My own singing voice is not very good and I don't think that anybody really...

I don't think that I want to meet any of the icons. I don't think...

I don't think that I want to meet any of the icons. I don't think...

I can't read a note of music. I just do it all from ear.

I can't read a note of music. I just do it all from ear.

I found that I could make people laugh doing people like Shirley Bassey. Fortunately it...

I found that I could make people laugh doing people like Shirley Bassey. Fortunately it...

When I think of Marilyn Monroe, and achieving her sound, I think of having a...

When I think of Marilyn Monroe, and achieving her sound, I think of having a...

Usually, certainly British singers, adopt an American accent when they sing and I think that...

Usually, certainly British singers, adopt an American accent when they sing and I think that...