As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.

I'm just going to stay single forever. I could never live with anybody ever again.

The more you love something, the worse you tend to audition. If you don't really care about something, you kind of nail it.

I enjoy what I do and it's a great way to live your life.

I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career. I should have been a doctor. If you play certain parts you have this nice face painted on you, and then you have feel as if you have a responsibility to this idea of being beautiful. I hate that about our business.

Getting the role in '300' saved me. I'd been out of work for 11 months after 'The Brothers Grimm.' Once the film came out and didn't do so well, the director Terry Gilliam blamed me for absolutely everything. It was pretty appalling, and I had started to wonder if I'd ever get another job again when I was asked to audition for '300.

I could quite happily run a florist or a bake shop.