Acting is really instinctual and I think you can overanalyse what you're doing. A lot of it has to be based on instinct.

I always saw Michael Gambon wearing madly psychedelic socks, and I always thought that's it is one of the few areas where men can really express colour and have a bit of a dandyish quality to their outfit.

I don't want anyone to ever say that I don't belong where I am.

I just want to keep working, really. I just want to keep acting. Playing one part for a very long time builds up in you a desire to play as many different things as you can.

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

What I love about the gay thing is that every single person I type into Google, it doesn't matter if it's Florence Welch, anybody, if you are not being called gay you don't have a career. That's my theory!

I grew up listening to show tunes in the back of the car.