As an actor it's easy to be so self-critical, saying to yourself: "Am I good enough? Am I good looking enough? Am I smart enough?" Yet here I am, so I'm lucky.

I believe in luck and fate and I believe in karma, that the energy you put out in the world comes back to meet you.

After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere.

I work out because that's my job, but what I enjoy about it, beyond the vanity, is the Zen of it. I like getting out of my head, and one great way to do that is to sweat your face off. And to know that, if you're thinking of anything else, you're not working intensely enough.

I performed and sang at school but as a child it was never anything I was interested in doing professionally.

Ignore the naysayers. Really the only option is, head down and focus on the job.

It's the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to that fear, it will sabotage you. As much as I can, I try to use that fear to guide me.