That global poverty would end. That people would be able to eat. It's the worst shame in the world that people go hungry.

I wanted to be an actor ever since I got on stage for the first time, aged 13. Before that, I thought I might follow in the medical footsteps of my parents: my father was a doctor, my mother a pharmacist.

I think the crucial thing about being an actor is to be doing it.

I was always lucky that I've always had a gig, I'm fortunate in that way.

My music tastes are often 20 years behind.

Steve MCQueen created an entire family to tell one man's tale and I am delighted that so many of this family have also been recognised today. I am hugely grateful to the Academy for this great honour, and, of course, to Solomon Northup for sharing his story through his breathtaking book.

The only way to be an actor is to find ways to work as an actor, even if that means doing a one-man show by a river.