I do a lot better if I sit around and think about a character for a couple of months.

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

I watch a film and the most important thing to me is what I think of the movie.

Something I don't like seeing in other people is naked ambition, when somebody is really pushing hard to get to where they want to be. That's the way I look at that word - like you must be stepping on someone to get there. And I've never been comfortable with that.

The idea of goodies and baddies has always fascinated me, and what people consider to be a goodie or a baddie, because I've never seen any of my characters as baddies.

I was at the birth of my two girls.

I don’t mind looking like I need a good wash and a good meal... Any actor who starts taking ‘sex symbol’ seriously or thinks of themselves as a sex symbol has got some serious problems.