Sometimes being away, on location, I feel like I'm away for much of my own life. I want to be better at staying connected.

I got live tweeted once by someone who was opposite my home in some rented accommodation. He was actually describing on twitter what I was doing. 'I took a shirt off, I went to the window, I put a shirt back on... ' And I've got blinds in my flat!

As an actor, you are aware of how a role can seep into your real life.

Lines are very difficult to learn.

You can perfect genius because genius is not perfection. On his level and his practice and his methodology, it's almost inhuman. So, that's been a fantastic arc to play, and boy does it go somewhere in this series.

I have pitfalls. I have emotional responses to things that are really not about me. They're about other people.

I feel like I'm away for much of my own life.