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

You know obviously a big TV or film break would be lovely, but I find that I’m essentially a theatre trained actor and that’s what I love doing. I love fringe theatres in London, I love theatres like the Royal Court, Soho and the National obviously and if I could work in any of those and be a jobbing actor for a while then I’m very lucky.

The more you fly, the more unsettling it is, because you realize how much more likely it will be for you to crash. I am getting better at it, though.

I love acting and I know that's a cliché, but I didn't really, I was very naïve when it came to the whole being recognized thing.

It's a nightmare if you're working with someone you don't get on with, especially if you have to be in love with them.

I like a good cry every now and then. It releases something. There are times in my life when I'm meant to cry, but I don't actually cry. But then I can be walking down the street and it's been a few months, and things get on top of me - that's when I find myself crying.

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.