As actors, we're all encouraged to feel that each job is the last job. They plant some little electrode in your head at an early stage and you think, 'Be grateful, be grateful, be grateful.'

It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.

I'm not actually a big musical fan.

Acting is about people. Other people. Otherwise, you're not acting, you're doing monologues.

You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.

I've got a serious-looking head.

My main memories of my father are of his illness.