I meet hundreds of people, and I'm not going to remember them. But every single one of them will remember their interaction with me.

I'm also a fan of ridiculously coloured and patterned socks.

For me, you go to university to meet lots of different people from different backgrounds. I think that's one of the most important things you get there. And you also get some sense of direction regarding what you want to do when you leave. I sort of know what I want to do in my life - I want to act and ultimately I'd like to write. And in terms of meeting people from different backgrounds, that's what you get on a film set. So the two most valuable things that university would have given me I've sort of achieved by being on a film set.

I was very much a product of the public-school system. There was only one other kid in my class who had parents not involved in the stock market or law.

I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English.

Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane things.

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.