Id never really considered film. If Id thought about film more growing up, I probably would have changed my name. I had no concept of my name in lights.

I'm constantly looking to see whether I look the same as I did earlier, whether I've put on or lost any weight.

I think fear is a very healthy motivator.

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.

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.

In England, theres no acknowledgement the invention of slavery came from Britain.

Once you click into a character, to a certain degree, you can do a lot else. You can do other stuff, then come back and click right into the character. It's sort of funny that way, the way the mind works. Once it's there, it's sort of there. For the stage, for example, all through the day, you're not onstage. You're living your life, la-la-la, then the lights go down, then boom! All of a sudden, you're in this thing. There's a kind of reflex muscle trigger that happens, and all of a sudden you're back into the role. It's just getting there in the first place that's tricky.