I'm not much of a crier but it is mildly soul-destroying and exposing to do something physical that you are terrible at in front of other people.

A lot of period dramas can appear quite arch to most people, stuffy.

I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have some conflict going on.

When you're in love, you're so happy that you want to tell people about it. But now I have to censor myself. You need to protect the happiness you have.

I love character roles. I'm happier in them. I look for roles that have some kind of complexity.

I find it quite hard to sum up my relationship in a sound bite. I feel that it trivializes it for other people's pleasure. It's an adventure.

It's sort of a meat market, the whole awards thing, and I don't think you can predict it anymore - who's going to like what you've done, if it's worthy or not. And hopefully, that's not why you make a film, because if you're distracted by that, or only striving for that, you don't do it justice.