I have an appetite for the normal in my life, as well as the abnormal.

When are you ever settled enough to have kids?

Doctors and nurses do crazy hours and keep an ideal afloat through the love and care that they have for their craft and their patients and the institution of the NHS. We should be very proud of it.

I think playing any iconic role when you're stepping into big shoes, into the shadow of people who have come before you and you can't process that.

I've realised now that the reality of children is you have to be in the right place with the right person.

Being on set is quite difficult, because it's so big and you've got to try and relax, which isn't easy when you know you're in a massive film. I was terrified for quite a long time.

It's difficult because nothing's preordained by plan and you can't control it. That's one of those joys and thrills and nerve-racking realities of being an actor. A lot has to do with luck, no matter what your talent or contribution can be.