The script, I always believe, is the foundation of everything.

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.

I think my home is in that sort of the part of cinema that's disappeared is where I lived, that sort of mid-budget you know, drama. I suppose that's what I am known for.

My heart aches completely, every hour, every day, and only when I'm with you does the pain go away.

I don't pay much attention to career or what other people think. I've always been quite arrogant.

I was quite interested to do television series and I started exploring an idea of a longer commitment, a new idea, a new TV show that would've meant a longer commitment but I opened my mind up.

The other two things are... well, I had a huge appetite for old black and white movies on BBC 2. At the weekends they used to run matinees, and the more romantic the better.