People get distracted by box-office figures and take jobs because they think it will advance their careers.

I'm not a big guy for research. You've got to take a risk.

I want to keep everything balanced. That's why it's important not to have too much fanfare.

One of my favourite parts of acting is the clothes that you get to wear, because it's very important.

It's very difficult to make comedy work; I think it's a very underrated genre.

I can totally understand why people say: 'I'm going to do this T.V. series so that I can buy a flat'. But you've got to see what's of value to you as an actor.

I had a really fantastic dialect coach that I worked very well with, and I was constantly surprised by the different intonations that the Russian dialect has.