I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.

The thing about acting is that it's fairly random. At the end of the day you take what drifts past you or what's given to you.

Your one certainty in life, your power as a human being, is that you have a choice in every situation about what you do next and about how you take what has happened to you.

One of the things I find very difficult about theatre is the repetition - that something can slide away from your original intentions.

In film, I find it very useful always to do some preparation before you start rehearsals or start shooting, because there's so much that's against you on a film set.

I don't have any ambition to make lots of money or win an Oscar or anything like that. It's not about that for me.

I've been out to LA a couple of times but, over there, the Grenouille in me always comes to the surface. I feel completely terrified, totally flummoxed, like I don't understand what the hell is going on. I've no desire at all to go back there.