I think some actors thrive on working at a much greater pace than I do.

I'm a warrior when it comes to pursuing roles.

Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation.

One of the great privileges of having grown up in a middle-class literary English household, but having gone to school in the front lines in Southeast London, was that I became half-street-urchin and half-good-boy at home. I knew that dichotomy was possible.

For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal... has always been the work of other actors.

I hate the domestic life.

I like to cook things very slowly.