I thought, well, why am I giving up on my primary dream to work doubly hard, to do something as an alternative to what it really still want to?

Laughing and crying are really similar - what happens to your body. It's a very similar process in your diaphragm. Like a musician, you have to do your scales once in a while and warm up your voice.

New York City is crazy and beautiful and really close to my heart, and I've always had dear friends here - family, actually, I would say.

I'm not loyal to one genre. I want to mix it up.

I was very keen to work on the script with Scott Derrickson and [C. Robert] Cargill, and working out the important story beats, changing lines, upping the comedy, changing the pace, all of that was great fun.

My own grandfathers were a submarine commander and a 'desert rats' tank operator in the Second World War.

Being in front of an audience makes me feel alive. Being with friends makes me feel alive. I’ve done some crazy stuff in my time and yet I can feel infinitely alive curled up on a sofa reading a book. So, what makes me feel alive? I guess it’s realizing I am part of the world around me.