My personal life, my normal life, is so important to me. To be able to go back to my personal life and leave characters behind is important; I don't keep them with me.

I think when you're an actor and you're drawing on your emotions all the time, you need to be quite steady.

My family believe you should never be flashy about anything. Maybe that handicapped me a little bit, that extreme humility.

I need someone who understands an artist's mentality. I couldn't be with someone who wouldn't let me have my freedom.

I hate to say that my mother was 'just a housewife', because in addition to that she has had lots of part-time secretarial jobs in factories and hospitals, always working really hard for our family.

Every job feels like my first.

Theatre is where my heart is. It's where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV, that's what I want to come back to.