Running around when I was a kid was a really happy time; a time when getting home for dinner or for sleep were my only responsibilities.

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

I admire when people take the harder path, not because they are masochistic and want to beat themselves up, but because you actually kind of learn more and I think you grow more.

I want to experiment; I want to keep growing. I didn't want to just sit back and rest on my haunches and do the things I knew I could do for a while.

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.

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

I get quite fed up being on a film set day after day, six days a week. It can get to be a grind.