You find with the really great actors, the ones you really admire and look up to, very often they're very giving, generous, warm people.

I try not to read the social networks too much. I find that way madness lies.

Politics is a game and a profession. It doesn't really serve the people the politicians are supposed to serve.

You don't want to seem too eager, too romantic - otherwise, it just looks a bit try-hard. But I do think that a first date should be intimate. So I'd choose a nice dinner somewhere cozy, not too crowded, with good wine.

I'm very lucky, I've got two very loving parents, still very much together, and always been very supportive.

I've got like a weird bond with horses. I'm kind of a horse whisperer, I don't know what it is. I'm not great on a horse. I'm getting better, but I'm not brilliant. So yeah, I've spent a lot of time with horses. They're great creatures, I love them. I do love riding them when I get the chance to.

I've inherited the bad poetry genes, but not the inventor genes.