I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.

Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.

You know, I think I am faintly spiritual.

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

You just have to take control of your own performance.

I love playing sport.

There are ways of avoiding becoming tabloid fodder and therefore giving people license to pry into your private life. And there's a distinction between being an actor and being a celebrity. You may become a celebrity through acting, but you don't need to do so.