Sometimes I think that people's characters get forged, at least in part, from their names.

Sometimes I think that people's characters get forged, at least in part, from their names.

It's mysterious what attracts you to a person.

I'm always interested in craft and I was interested to see how people work. For me, it's a little like lessons at school.

Going back to the noir fiction of the 30s, 40s and 50s. It's very contemporary.

In fact you can begin to discover and investigate whether you are an actor or not, whether you're in my view, qualified for a life in this profession or in this endeavor by checking yourself out and acting every day, getting plays and scripts and getting together with people and divvying up the parts and acting in one way or another, or writing things.

I like the idea of being a student, and I play with very good musicians. So playing with them allows me to get better. My aim is to get better, but I really love it for its own sake.