All roads lead home in the end. You've got to keep that in mind always - in your work and in your life.

I enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer.

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

My music tastes are often 20 years behind.

I was the classic middle child in some ways, the one who could have been a priest in an alternate universe.

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.