Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can

I really feel actors should try and do as much diverse work as possible to try and keep it interesting.

I think audiences are a lot more intelligent than what we give them credit for and understand that an actor is playing a role and that doesn't mean he can't play different types of roles.

The best roles you have to fight for. You have to really want to do it and you have to go after it.

I have a list as long as my arm but I find those lists sort of self-defeating because you start to name and then after [the interviewer] leaves the room you go 'Ah, I forgot this person or that person.' So I just don't do it anymore. Hopefully if you make work that people like, they'll get in contact with you.

In terms of trying to improve as an actor, for me it's always important to return to the stage. After doing a piece of theater for a prolonged period, I can think I must have surely improved in some way as an actor - you must be fitter than you were prior to doing it. For me, theater is very, very important in keeping things fresh and dangerous.

I think it's necessary to keep moving forward. I've always said that nostalgia is death, really for anyone creative.