Aimee Lou Wood

I love practical, comfy clothes, so I like an all-in-one outfit - a jumpsuit or dungarees - because there's no effort involved.

Be life-minded and that will come through in your performances. Guessing what the 'industry' wants too much will stifle your true expression.

As long as what you're offering up is authentic you'll always be interesting.

Nobody is exactly like you. Nobody has had your exact lived experience or has your mind or heart.

I often wear quite strange combinations. I do believe though, that if you own whatever you've got on, it'll look cool! Well, I hope so anyway.

My Dad texted me just before I was about to go on stage and said, 'You've got one million followers on Instagram.' I was like, 'Dad, it's not the right time to remind me that I'm quite observed.'

Anyone who's been bullied knows what it's like to hear these things, to internalise it and turn it in on yourself and go 'If I was just less ugly, just less this, just more this.'

Time is the one thing you can't get back.

I never thought that I was going to be in a show as big as 'Sex Education.' It was quite a shock.

I don't want to be involved in shallow, frivolous, superficial stories.

Well, I was very close to my mom's parents, very close. And I lived with my nana and granddad and mom for a year. Like I've always just loved being with my nana and granddad. Like they're just the best.

Usually, a script will say something ridiculous like, 'She's sexy but in a nerdy way' or 'She's pretty but doesn't realise.' How do I play that?

I would advise people to talk to their school bullies. The chances are they are now adults who feel really bad about it.

I think therapy can also be a bit of a weird thing, because it's amazing, and I think it's so vital, and it's helped me in so many ways, but it also does uncover things that you probably would never usually because it's like a bloody excavation. It's like unrooting everything.

Death is something that I really avoid thinking about. It freaks me out. Of course, it freaks everyone out.

I love going into the room for auditions, but hate doing self-tapes more than anything.

I can get so trapped in my head!

I think it's important to be a generous actor.

I think shame exists a lot within the schooling system. A lot of the time, teachers tell people that they're wrong, when actually they're just being themselves.

I'm very independent, but I'm also quite impressionable.