I feel as though my life is bathed in golden sunlight. And the really wonderful thing is that I know it.

I love London, and it's a privilege for my children to grow up here.

So often when you meet child actors, they're weird - they're freaks. No, I mean it, they're really odd people.

Theatre is liberating because it only works if it's truthful, That's what it requires. That's not true of film: the camera does lie.

People who are exceptionally intelligent are often lonely because there are few people as intelligent as them. I have two little children and everyone says: 'I hope they're doing well in school. I hope they're bright.' And I think: why would anyone want their children to be the brightest? Academia is a lonely world.

What really matters to me is what my peers think.

I think change is good because it teaches you that it's nothing to be frightened of.