Most of the time when I'm in Australia I'm not really working, it seems. I'm just at home, getting on with renovating my house or writing music or whatever. So I get back to doing all the stuff that I naturally do. Whereas if I'm away working, that's all there is to do, is to concentrate on the work.

I'm far more comfortable in my 40s than I ever was.

If I'm exhausted, physically and particularly emotionally, I can't tell what's good and I can't tell what's bad and I'm useless.

I think a lot of actors take on fun roles and then they're lazy or flippant with them. I just can't do that.

English is no problem for me because I am actually English. My whole family are English; I was brought up listening to various forms of the English accent.

I really enjoy a variety of different work, and what I've just done may sometimes determine what I choose to do next.

I think as an actor, or any artist, you move with your moods and you express what's going on for you, and you answer to that voice within that's calling for particular things.