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

Keats himself spoke about how Shakespeare was capable of erasing himself completely from the characters he had created. As an actor, that is what I'm trying to do.

The thing I love about acting is that you can bring something very personal into the open and at the same time remain hidden because you're always playing a character in a story that someone else has imagined. You're always protected.

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.

We are so mired in the complexity of our reactions to other people that when you come across someone who is asocial, there is a simplicity that is refreshing.

I don't think I am especially interested in celebrities, but I love talking about what is going on with people and why they do what they do.

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.