I always like seeing people transforming themselves, in whatever way that might be, and a different accent is part of that.

Moths are the ones that freak me out. It's something to do with the way that, if they get squashed, they turn to dust. There's something very wrong about that. It all feels a bit Gothic.

Twitter! It's like being stalked by committee!

I mean, you know, while I'm acting on stage I'm ranking quite high, but in a room with Barack Obama I'm probably into negative digits. I never feel very famous.

I'm a good person, I hope. But I'm never as good as I want to be, never as nice as I want to be, never as generous as I want to be.

How galling to watch someone who looks like you, who basically is you, do all the shagging you didn't get to do.

An accent has to do with the way your mouth works and the sounds that come out of your head, but somehow it informs everything about you.