I wanted to be a doctor at one point and I also wanted to be a pilot. I think if you grow up in a dodgy area, reality often beats down those ambitions as you get older. But with me that never really happened.

I've been in a few fights and I know what it's like to get punched in the face.

Basically, every character I've ever played, I've based entirely on internal conflict. And I love doing that, because I think it's very human.

Fear is really powerful; it's really useful to me.

No movie has ever got enough time. It doesn't matter how much money you've got, and it doesn't matter how much money you've not got. You never finish on time. You're always up against it and you're always working up until the end.

I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.

I always have a beard between jobs. I just let it grow until they pay me to shave it. People are quite surprised it's ginger. Sometimes they ask me if dye my hair and I always say 'Wow, no!' I'm 'trans-ginger.'