I've had to learn when not to tweet. Like, you learn how to keep your mouth shut? Learn to keep your tweet shut.

A British porch is a musty, forbidding non-room in which to fling a sodden umbrella or a muddy pair of boots; a guard against the elements and strangers. By contrast the good ol' American front porch seems to stand for positivity and openness; a platform from which to welcome or wave farewell; a place where things of significance could happen.

I've never tried to find my real parents. I'm very grateful to my mum and dad for adopting me - they're completely incredible people. It was my dad who encouraged me to question everything, to forge my own path, to think, to read. I always felt it was my right to question everything.

I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.

It's nice to get your glad rags on for awards like the Baftas, but it doesn't happen all the time.

I want to spend as much time as I can with my family, yet I'm aware of having to bring home the bacon.

I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range of roles as I can.