I'm not tortured and neurasthenic - I'm really not.

I love films. I love music. I love poetry and stories. All of that I feel… I sort of get very excited and fed by.

What I notice about people who are gifted in filmmaking is that they're great thinkers. They engage with big ideas and they engage with people.

I love the characters I've had the opportunity to play.

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.

I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I've been cast.

I think the sensation of being moved by a piece of art is something that is really good for a person's soul.