It's nice to be in a movie that hasn't been absolutely slaughtered by the press.

I don't want to be all worthy about it, but I don't do red carpets, I don't do events and I don't accept freebies that much.

The script is the most important thing for me. I'm advised that other things are important too, and they are. The director that you'll be working with is hugely important, and the cast that are with you is really important as well. But, for me, the thing that gets my heart excited and really makes me invested in something or not is just the quality of the script.

I always believed that I never wanted to be an actor. I only did it because I was allowed to do it and I had to do something.

I think my recognizability ebbs and flows. I don't lead a particularly celebrity lifestyle or anything like that. I don't go to showbiz parties or red-carpet events, so it all depends on whether I've got a film out. I've not been very visible in the last year or so and as a result hardly anyone stops me in the street.

Filmmaking is a miracle of collaboration.

That's the main thing that attracts me - characters who have big journeys. I like playing those people.