I started off doing plays as a theater actor. But I never thought of it in terms of it leading anywhere. I was just trying to be the best actor that I could be in the context of what I was doing.

I think a lot of acting is about the removal of self-consciousness. The actor is going to be in front of a lot of people, and will naturally feel self-conscious. So a lot of the preparation for that is the removal of that idea. Like you embody or are connected to this character, therefore you can present this character in a way that eventually, when you come back to see it, you feel not exactly ashamed of.

I have always been very fortunate in my working life in terms of the, I say that like I've not been fortunate at all in my private life.

I feel that audiences are very sophisticated, and part of my challenge is to keep them engaged because they are so complex.

I believe people instinctively know that about writing, yet people get confused about that when it comes to acting.

This is going to sound completely absurd, but I do sometimes feel like the enjoyment of an awards ceremony or the pride in the finished article hasn't ever surpassed the joy of doing the work, of making it. The doing it is really the bit I'm there for.

A lot of people ask me about my father's passing when I was young, which I'm never comfortable with. I invariably move around that subject.