I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.

I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.

Even today, England is a very repressed, repressive country, and there's pressure to be kind of a certain way, so people do things that ultimately make them sad.

I don't think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?

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

Dustin Hoffman takes such pleasure in what he does and there's nothing tense about him. He exudes joy and passion for what he's doing and that infects everyone. It certainly put me at ease coming to work with him every day. I felt his confidence and freedom rubbed off. He doesn't censor himself or stop an idea because he thinks it might be wrong.

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.