The only mistake guys can make is to try too hard with their appearance. There's something very unmanly about it.

Nearly every taping or audition has to be in an American accent, so you don't have a choice; you just have to get good at it. I'm sure you can appreciate accents - it's like learning any skill, you have to work at it and work at it and it takes an awful lot of time, until it's muscle memory and you don't have to think about it anymore.

On the whole, British actors star in theater, and I think there's something quite grounding about that.

There's nothing nicer than coming back to your village, where people like my mum's friends take the mick out of me. I prefer that to the craziness of Hollywood.

My first time acting for camera really was for Steven Spielberg in War Horse. I was trained in theater and I was actually working in theater at the time. I had a small role with the Royal Shakespeare Company, which is a huge prestigious theater company back in England. I honestly thought that was as good as it got.

I'm not scared of animals, except for rats. I'll break down in tears if I see a rat!

If a horse doesn't want to do something, you're not going to make him do it. They're incredibly powerful animals.