Quotes from Jessica Barden

I like doing stuff that is sad or angry. It's a challenge, because you're doing a mix of scenes and you're making a person.

You've got to support male stories and healthy male relationships and things. You can't just be a woman that is only want to support female stories or a guy that's only wanting to support guy stories. It needs to all mix again.

So many people's parents separate and for my generation it is very normal. But I remember feeling as though nobody ever spoke about it.

Creating boundaries for yourself is healthy. A lot of panic attacks, in my experience, can be stopped by actually saying to somebody, 'Sorry I can't actually do this because I feel uncomfortable.'

I have stage fright really badly.

We all went for roles as extras at my school because a lot of children's shows were filmed in Leeds near where I grew up. My Parents are Aliens was a big one we all did.

I stayed at home and loved my own company because I was just petrified of everybody else my own age, which I think a lot of people are.

It is so important for young people to see characters with different mental health challenges on-screen.

I just used to go to the same auditions with all these other kids I went to school with. I didn't feel like I was really good at acting. I didn't feel like I was a really talented person that needed to be doing this.

I'm obsessed with my career. I'm 25 - it shouldn't really be any other way. I've had boyfriends in the past who haven't understood that, but I didn't lose any sleep over it. If a man has a problem with the fact I work 20 hours a day, I don't have to explain myself.

Acting was definitely a comfortable place. It didn't force me into adulthood because I was ready to be independent.

But as a kid you take it very personally when your parents divorce.

I think I worked way harder for the female directors than the male ones. There's nothing like women challenging each other to really make you do your best.

I'm a quite dramatic person.