I've always loved [acting] and I've always wanted to [do it] from as far back as I can remember.

I can get quite down on myself because if people don't like what you're doing, it's hard.

I want to go to the extremes and transformation is something I'm fascinated by. At the same time, you can transform but you can only really put what you've got inside you into somebody, so there's always going to be a degree of you inhabiting any role.

I'm a big fan of British cinema; I think we make some unbelievably brilliant films, but they can quite often have a dark feel.

I want to be 82 and doing movies with Paolo Sorrentino where people are like, "This is gold."

Comedy is not something that had necessarily jumped out as something I'd immediately go for.

I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The thing for me with acting was it was the only thing I could fully concentrate on. I loved playing sports. I didn't really love studying.