I feel like you just need to keep writing until the writing itself just begins to take shape.

I grew up with it. As a young actor, I was always aware of the brilliant work of Shakespeare. We studied Romeo & Juliet and Macbeth in school. As a young actor, you're always mystified and intrigued by such brilliant work. To actually have the chance to be involved in this production was a wonderful thing for me.

Music gets inside you, music captures you. Music becomes your heartbeat. It’s a drug and makes you feel whatever the song’s about.

You have to do things that excite you; you have to have a passion for your work. Otherwise you're just a face on the screen.

I bite my nails. I've been chewing on them for years. As long as you don't chew through flesh it's all right.

I don't want to do something where I play a kid in a school. And I don't understand these spoof movies.

I think gardens are fantastic, and I'd love to draw and design and stuff like that. I love just planting flowers during the summer. There's something very humble about it, and natural and beautiful.