It's not my job to try and alter the director's style - he's in charge, and I'll always give him my trust.

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.

No, no I'm not, no, but I just think... when people are naked it tells you a lot about their relationships.

I worked as a waiter when I was 15 and got a chance to appreciate good, simple food. There's nothing better than a boiled egg with toast.

From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London.

Don't worry about telling your actor what to do.

I was forced to make the decision between art and music which are the only two things I liked as opposed to being able to do them both because that's what I was interested in.