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

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.

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

I'd like to have a go at directing.

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.

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

I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.