As much as I am one for real human interaction, I also want to make a show that's entertaining and that people want to see.

Being a star doesn't last. That's not what life should be about. It's a complete illusion that really has nothing to do with you. For me, finding out about life is the most important thing.

It's amazing how the world has changed because, at that time [2005], a lot of actors didn't want to play a gay role.

I like the conscious manipulation that a great director can have. When you're both complicit in the manipulation of an emotion.

I was listening to this Adele song, where she's like, "When we were young..." I was like, "You're 27. Are you kidding me?

I didn't know many classes where I could try and relate the thing that I really loved and wanted to do into an intellectual idea.

My mum and dad are pretty amazing chefs and they spent most of my childhood cooking really extravagant things for my sister and me.