I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.

You can't do something that is morally vacuous or dysfunctional and then write it off saying, 'It wasn't my film, I was just doing a job in it.'

You never know when you're taking a job, ever... but you try to take good scripts. That's all you can do as an actor - take the best thing available. Even then, it's not [really] in your control. Certainly not in film and TV, because there are so many other elements. You just have to take control of your own performance.

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.

I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.

The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation.

I love going for a swim. Growing up in England, anywhere with a pool seems like the height of glamour to me.