I really don't mind what people assume about me. I really think that my brain is my private thing. I don't need the approval of people. I don't need people to think I'm intelligent. And I'm not that intelligent.

I'm not big on awareness about what's going on online but usually if you do too much online stuff then you usually bump into something that hurts.

I really don't mind what people assume about me. I really think that my brain is my private thing. I don't need the approval of people. I don't need people to think I'm intelligent. And I'm not that intelligent.

I sort of lived half my life in California, half in England, so I am, I suppose, a little bit American.

Working with the likes of Joseph Fiennes was just an incredible experience.

People are weird. We do live on all levels at the same time and you can be fighting and flirting, and there can be fury and sexual tension. All that stuff can co-exist so it's just a testament to how complex we are. Or maybe it's a testament to how boringly we try and simplify everything.

I did literature at university, so I had a real relationship with poetry, but they don't make many films about the world of a poet.