As a younger actor you want to be approved of, you want to gain respect, be admired. All of those things. To say: 'This is me playing this character. And aren't I fantastic!' I don't feel that so much now.

People are always saying, English, English, English rose, and I just feel so completely different.

When I speak English, I've been told, I have this patrician way of speaking that's very irritating. It's the whole class thing.

I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave.

As a younger actor you want to be approved of, you want to gain respect, be admired. All of those things. To say: 'This is me playing this character. And aren't I fantastic!' I don't feel that so much now.

I think people do work too much. I've never been able to understand the whole 'make hay while the sun shines' thing. Either I want to work or I don't want to work.

Most films seem to be about a man and a women falling in love at some point and once you pass forty-five, it's almost disgusting to fall in love.