It's very, very tempting to make a superhero film or show and make it about the powers.

It's very, very tempting to make a superhero film or show and make it about the powers.

Fame terrifies me. I can say that with honesty. You're terrified that, when people know the real you, they won't like you.

Of all the London theatres, the Donmar is the dream.

When you think about justifiable anger in one's personal life, we look at those scenarios in everyday life and through our story with a superhero, we heighten them.

I really fell into drama school - I had a lot of lot of luck. I didn't take criticism very well while I was there; in fact, I took it personally. With every note I got, I felt like they were telling me I was a bad person.

I left Britain in the mid-1990s when TV was going down the cundy - another good Dundee word - because I wanted a film career. But as I get older, I find myself being drawn back to my roots, and I'm loving it.