Ireland. Great for the spirit - very bad for the body.

I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was growing up, really. So when I decided to go to university instead of drama school, it was with the intention of becoming an actor afterwards.

But no, I don't think I'm particularly drawn to the period roles or the medieval roles.

In reality, for me every role is completely different.

Besides, most of the books I like involve people I could never play in a million years.

There's a part of me that wants to look nice and occasionally wants to be snappy, and the other part of me that just wants to wear the same sweater until I die. And I'm in constant conflict between those two sides.

When something is iconic, if you're very careful and delicate, you can add onto that iconography. It can expand. People have attached so much to it themselves, and connected to it, so the risks are big, but the potential is enormous, at the same time.