I've never worked as hard as when I was at drama school. It's the most professional environment I've ever been in.

A story about my life would be utterly dull.

It's quite liberating to have a director stand beside the camera and say: "Do this now, and do that now..." It's also a bit sordid but it liberates an actor, I think.

I was brought up by my grandparents. So people go, oh, what was that like? That must have been hard. And you go: No, it wasn't.' It was just completely actually normal because the new norm seems to be whatever you make of it, doesn't it?

I don't mind playing somebody who's not likable, or makes the audience feel slightly conflicted.

I generally get challenged; I haven't been typecast, which is really, really, nice. It's not something that every actor gets, really. It's luxury. Most actors are capable of it, but they aren't afforded the opportunity to express their variety.

Every time I do a movie, especially an animated movie, I just seem to scream and shout and hyperventilate for money.