I always find that I have to be emotionally on my character's side for it to be convincing.

We made 16 episodes of Cracker and I loved doing the show, but unfortunately no one was watching us.

If I was painting or writing, I wouldn't veer away from things because they seemed unsavoury to me. So as an actor, I kind of think the same way. I should do things that are different and interesting and shed light on the craziness of the world.

I'm not all that demanding, I don't think. My family might think otherwise.

If everything is going well in my life then I start to read the papers more and I start to worry about everything I can't deal with. They say wisdom is knowing what you can fix and what you can't change. I'm very unwise.

My parents are hippies, so I must have a bit of hippie in me.

It's not scary to make a horror film because you get to pull back the curtain and see that none of it's real. When you're watching one, the terror bombards you.