I think it's vital to have something outside your acting to keep you rooted in the real world, and help you fill the vacuum. If you have nothing else, it can be unhealthy. For me being a Christian has been invaluable: it simply means acting isn't the centre of my life.

People have compact to go beyond our own culture and upbringing to a degree that I think we don't acknowledge enough really.

Considering that I'm British and I talk the way I do, I love it when a director takes a chance on me.

When I am playing a role far away from me with an accent that is not mine I always employ a dialect coach. I am almost always playing someone that has an accent that is not mine.

Whether we like to admit it or not, as artists, we do project our own worldview on to what we do.

The perception of Africa, whether in the U.S. or in Europe, is of a continent that needs help, and cannot pull itself up. That is just not true.

Hate cannot overcome hate; only love can do that.