Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It's harder.

You don't go to a town to present the play and have applause at the end of it, but that's benign conquest. It's a glorious way of exploring other landscapes and other cultures in a very life-affirming way.

I think that most actors attempt to keep in touch with the child.

I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me.

The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.

But filming is good for you, because the crew isn't allowed to laugh. You can't get addicted to getting the laugh.

But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.