Ultimately, to have a career in movies, to a certain extent, certainly in England, you can't sustain a career in just English movies.

When I was younger, people used to say you only really prove yourself as an actor on stage. And I disagree with that. Some of the finest acting I've ever come across has been for film.

When I look back, if I'd played something differently, it might not have gone the way it did. So I don't feel like going back to my twenties and changing anything.

A room full of great sportsmen is so much better than a room full of actors.

I'm sort of one of those weird actors who whenever I do a play, I think, "Oh, we should film this." As opposed to have to belt it out of ourselves in a theater auditorium.

I don't like being consumed by work all the time. I consume myself so much when I do a part that I like to step away from it.

You see these actresses who have had Botox or something else done, and it takes you out of the film.