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.

I'm really hopeless with technology - I don't even have a computer.

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.

As an actor you have total rights to privacy and mystery, whatever your sexuality, whatever you do. I don't see why that has to be something you discuss openly because you do something in the public eye. I have no understanding of why we turn actors into celebrities.

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.

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.

It's fun to pretend you're good at something you know you wouldn't be good at in real life.