“I have been incredibly lucky. My parents are actors; they've been the ...” — Eleanor Tomlinson Quote

I have been incredibly lucky. My parents are actors; they've been the safety blanket around me.

It's a very competitive industry, and so much of it does come down to luck, so I feel very blessed that I've been given the opportunities that I have, and I guess that's what fuels me - the fight to keep going.

I want to see some scripts written by women and projects being directed by women.

Well, Mom and Dad are both actors, and I've spent a lot of time watching my mom on stage and a lot of time on set with my dad, so it was very much a part of my growing up.

We need to focus our energies there, not these broad, blanket, kind of statements that will make it harder for us to deal with ISIS. We need to deal with ISIS in the caliphate. We need a strategy to destroy ISIS there. You can't do that without the cooperation of the Muslim world because they're as threatened as we are.

I still sleep with my baby blanket.

Well, I have no problem with 3-D but I don't think it's necessarily a blanket requirement for every film.

I'm used to playing characters that are so different to me and I love that; it's my safety blanket and I hide behind the character.

Alcoholics are utterly dear one minute, but there is also a blanket hatred with which you cannot reason.