As a teenager I was crazy about David Bowie. He was a huge inspiration for me. I dressed a little bit crazily in school and dyed my hair every colour under the sun.

For me really good acting is about subtext.

After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo.

I always want my options to be open.

Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.

I'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.

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