I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally.

You look at any war zone and you talk to any soldiers and they have to blank out - in order for that to work for them, in order for them to survive they have to blank out something in themselves in order to do it.

I'm no good at down-time. I panic slightly and then plan a project or set up a meeting about starting a project.

In all honesty, we all want our fantasy selves to be the best people. We all think in a time of crisis, we will react heroically and with humanity.

Liverpool will always be my home.

I love telling stories. I like the challenges presented to me on a daily basis. There's nothing resting about acting.

You want people to identify with the person on the screen or in the theater, but you don't want them to identify with you as a person.