Theres something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.

You know what it's like to feel anxious - it's horrible feeling anxious. It's stressful having that feeling, having butterflies in your stomach, even for a day, and you don't sleep at night.

For me the rehearsal period is the part I most enjoy. It's the creating of the story.

My heroes were all in the theatre.

You know, I think I am faintly spiritual.

Quiet people, people who arent given to emotional outbursts, people who are economic with words - theyre also fun to play, but you find yourself needing a laser precision in those roles. Otherwise you just sort of stand around, looking slightly brain-dead. You worry about being uninteresting.

It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do.