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.

If the show encourages an audience to ask the question, "Is this character's emotional response to this situation valid?," then that's a really good question to ask.

I love New York, but I have to admit that I feel very English, and I do miss that sense of history that you have everywhere in Britain.

I'm a London lad, but I'm fascinated by America. I want to take a motorcycling trip across the country and see those wide open spaces.

I was at a school in England, a prep school, from the ages of 8 and 13. And every play they did was a musical. Parents love musicals. And I don't sing. It was driving me crazy. 'We're doing 'Macbeth.'' 'Yes!' 'The musical!' And I was always in the chorus, because of course, in all the main parts, you had to be able to sing.

I am incredibly self-deprecating. It stems from self-doubt.