It's nerve-wracking singing in front of people. I think that's why most people get drunk for karaoke.

Americans are a lot more open, of course. There's something more declamatory in the way you express emotions. It's a stereotype but it's true. British people can appear repressed in expressing emotions. Not very good at self-evaluating, or affirming situations, touching, anything like that.

I had to learn to dance for 'The Adjustment Bureau' and it was nearly impossible. I turned up with my knees knocking in my leotard and went home and cried my eyes out.

I'm kind of effectively bipolar.

I've always been quite a spontaneous person, so I would lean more towards, if you feel it and you know its right, then do it.

The performances I enjoy are the ones that are hard to read or ambiguous or left-of-centre because it makes you look closer and that's what humans are like - quite mysterious creatures, hard to pinpoint.

It's nerve-wracking singing in front of people. I think that's why most people get drunk for karaoke.