Success is very ephemeral. You depend entirely on the desire of others, which makes it difficult to relax.

I don't watch anything I'm in. Not even on set. I won't go over to the monitor to watch what we've just shot. It's too terrible. I think I'm just very self-conscious.

It's true that I'm drawn to unusual stories. Normal roles don't really attract me.

For Tim Burton's birthday I gave him a rainbow beetle. He loved it!

I'm not really involved with politics... I'm living in my cocoon with my classical music around.

I didn't want to do 'Casino Royale' when they told me to audition. I said no. Then they sent me the script, and I thought it was actually very interesting - and I had no other work at the time.

We didn't have a lot of time to really prepare for a great chemistry. It was more instantaneous and instinctive. In the morning I went to Daniel Craig trailer and if I wanted to make some changes there was sort of a go between me and the director. It was good because Daniel is always like, "C'mon let's go for it. Let's fight for it!"