I'm lucky that I get to play a wide variety of parts.

One of the things that is assumed about actors is that they are extrovert, which is almost never the case, in my experience.

I never mind doing press; it's never bothered me.

I like American black soul music, that was my first big enthusiasm.

My dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious.

You have all these plans to act, and maybe do it rather elegantly, and then they turn the rain machine on.

Anyone who can do the splits and come back up on the backbeat, as James Brown and Prince can, has my eternal respect. Prince, who is a genius of the highest order, can come back up while singing and playing the guitar.