I grew up in London, and that's where I spend most of my time. Unless I have a really good reason not to be, I'll always be in London.

We live in a beauty-obsessed age and success sometimes appears to hinge solely on the presentation of an image that is acceptable to the press.

Obviously, you never shoot the scenes of a film in order or only very rarely.

Each character you play has its own set of characteristics, for want of a better word.

I grew up in London, and that's where I spend most of my time. Unless I have a really good reason not to be, I'll always be in London.

I'd love to work with Paul Thomas Anderson or Quentin Tarantino, but these are dreams I don't need to rush to achieve. I'll be ready to make those movies when I'm ready to make those movies and they're ready to make them with me, if they ever want to.

As a kid, I used to run around our garden waving a stick and pretending to be a million different people. That's why I became an actor, really.