I always find it much easier when there's one person whose vision you're following, as opposed to many people.

They always pencil in my boobs. I was only angry when they were really droopy. For King Arthur, for a poster, they gave me these really strange droopy tits. I thought, well if you’re going to make me fantasy breasts, at least make perky breasts.

The highest percentage of England's top jobs are filled by graduates from about two different universities.

I would be extremely stupid if I said that my looks had absolutely nothing to do with what I do, it [moviemaking] is a visual medium. I'm perfectly aware of that, the face and the body help. Of course they do.

I am a slow reader. I always loved words, which is a strange thing given that I couldn't actually read them

You bring yourself to every role, it doesn't matter who it is, it doesn't matter if it's a mass murderer, you can bring something to it.

In film as a medium, you're often given a baddie and a goodie and told what to think about them; it's usually a very definite point of view.