I choose to give truly of myself, entirely of myself, to the people I choose to do that with, and I can't do that with everyone.

It's taken me longer still to realize what a short span there is between those life experiences and the rest of your life. That's a job for the people who lived through it.

I don't have the energy or the mental security to get involved with all that. I think it's a good idea to be able to disappear into the story, so that the first thing the audience sees isn't you, but the part.

As an actor, you ask yourself what you can do to put yourself in a position where you can play that role.

I did decide that you have to put your name about a bit, and so, although I would have preferred to have never done publicity or an interview or a fashion shoot for a magazine or a chat show.

I always want to do things that are different. I don't want to be doing the same thing, the same performance constantly, and it feels like most people tell you that they are the same. However different you feel might approach them.

I think one probably absorbs things like a sponge and things emerge without your always being aware of it.