...as an actor there`s nothing better than a great moody moment to play with nothing to say. It`s so much easier to do because you can really get inside your head.

In far Eastern Russia, there's just some towns that time has forgotten. I guess they used to maybe be industrial or something that are now there's just lots of rusty hulks of buildings and a lot of people wandering around, a lot of alcoholism and violence because people have got nothing to do and no work. Yet people were very generous.

Starting with a party scene for 600 cast and end up singing on top of a giant elephant...does it get any better than this?

My wife's French. I mean I speak a bit of French but I've lived amongst French, you know, most of my adult life.

I think you know, to not open your mind to television is silly because there's so much good work happening on television.

It's important, that spirit of youth, and when you're 16 that can get you kickstarted.

Everything you do on set is directly related to your imagination when you read the script for the first time.