I was having a hard time at school, in terms of being crap at everything, with no discernible talent.

What I learned is that acting is to a large extent about trying to stave off self-doubt long enough to be natural and real onstage.

I'm always amazed at the way some actors' behaviour is truly disgusting. That's one thing that will never happen on one of my sets if I ever direct.

I'm not clumsy, I'm just accident prone.

I'm not too worried about humanity in the future. I think we've got an innate ability as a species to self-correct.

When you're in the position I'm in, you have two options: you can either shut yourself off from everybody, from the world, and not live a full life. Or you welcome everybody into your life and occasionally somebody will try to take advantage.

A hero is also someone who, in their day to day interactions with the world, despite all the pain, uncertainty and doubt that can plague us, is resiliently and unashamedly themselves. If you can wake up every day and be emotionally open and honest regardless of what you get back from the world then you can be the hero of your own story. Each and every person who can say that despite life’s various buffetings that they are proud to be the person they are is a hero.