I'm English and I'm used to coming from a world of period dramas, where there's a very polite restraint to everything. Everybody's sort of sitting in drawing rooms.

Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.

I actually really love working with young actors because they're so responsive and instinctive, and it's a much less honed craft that they're employing.

As far as career goes, make sure you're in it for the right reasons - and make sure that the work itself is the most important thing.

I dread karaoke. I hate karaoke. I can't sing - that is why.

A lot of the projects that I do, I like to be involved with earlier. I just feel that, certainly from an acting point of view, it's easier to do my job, if I'm included in what the intentions are, for why people are doing what they're doing, especially with a director.

I'm always very aware of the physical challenges of work. I train much more than I did when I was in my twenties, and I've done some very physical films, and I always get properly prepared for them and get as fit as I can.