I've been profoundly germophobic since I was a young child. I don't want to kiss anyone but my girlfriend for my whole life.

Being at the mercy of the acting profession, in the early days of one's career, is really brutal and feels like you have no control over your life, at all.

I mean I’m 16 and 17 years wiser now. So if I could do it when I was 18 with a guy, I can certainly do it at 33 with a lady.

In the early part of your career you are always compared with somebody until you can stand on your own two feet

Television is all about sound. You'll never get a moment of silence unless there's something really extraordinary going on, on screen, visually. They never let a moment of silence pass without being filled in television because it's a very sound-driven medium.

Good roles are hard to come by, and whether they're a few lines or a lead, you snap 'em up when they come along

I watch these actors who when you go to buy a pint of milk you see them smiling on the cover of 20 magazines. Then when you see them in a film it's hard to believe the character because you just see them everywhere