I don't want to be like the actor who rehearses everything in the bathroom, then comes to the set and carries on completely uninterrupted while the other actors tiptoe away. I'm so dependent on reacting to the other actors on the set, and to the director. I'm very responsive. I react. And I treasure the energy that reaction gives. I feed off that and work off that. I don't like to be too prepared, no. However we define too prepared, if I feel it's getting that way, then I'll back off. My line-learning is very special. I like to learn the dialogue of the whole film before I arrive.

I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself in the process of falling in love. I found that admirable.

I do believe female directors, as well as our female writer, can bring out male vulnerability that some men can't because they can't face it.

I don't do anything that would ever come across as advice or suggestion, but it's just part of a debate. Like, "I would like to try this," or "Let me do another one with more stillness, let me emphasize that." Rather than "I think you should emphasize this, I think" - you know, I don't impose choices.

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity.

I don't honestly think people know what acting is.

I'm very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.