I was 17, and all I wanted to do was to get away from England and the awful, boring boarding schools I'd been going to there. The last one was taught by monks, and I couldn't wait to get out.

I've auditioned for normal characters. But I never get cast.

I remember thinking, 'I'll audition just once and if it doesn't work out I'll never think about it ever again.'

You get ideas from other people all the time.

I think at some point every actor has practiced their acceptance speech while they're having a shower. It's fun.

My father was a Catholic, but my mother wasn't. She had to do that weird deal you do as a Catholic - they deign to sanction your marriage and you have to bring your children up as Catholics.

Often in films there's more of allowing the actors to make the dialogue fit better in their own. Also, you get to a location and the geography is different, so the lines don't line up the right way, so you do have to change stuff.