Animations are really powerful - it's not just entertainment, it's a very cunning way to get good ideas across.

I still find to give an interview to be difficult, as any person who deals with the press will tell you. That's why it's nice, with this one, to talk to a friend. But sometimes with a coffee and a friendly smile, I suddenly start talking without thinking about how it's going to be read.

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

There's another weight of us being in the public eye, which is this presumption that, because your work and your promotion work is very public, your private life should be, too.

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.

If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.

I struggle to learn by rote. I've had meltdowns on set. Which is embarrassing and shameful.