And I knew that, being an actor, you have to take the rough with the smooth and the highs with the lows. That's how it is.

I'm an only child. My mum and dad are six in each family. They're both twins, and they only wanted one. I always say to them though that they're lucky - it could have all gone wrong.

I'm quite good at switching off and sometimes I forget who I am in a character.

Each form of the acting is different. I think it keeps your mind active. TV, film and theater are different disciplines, as are independent films, opposed to studio films. There are differences in the size and the genre, or a period drama as opposed to a contemporary drama, or the types of characters.

For your own self-respect and sanity, your creative freedom, you have to be careful that you don't rely too much on other people's opinions of what you do because it can stunt and inhibit you.

I think it's a slippery slope to fabricate a different life.

I think sandals should be burnt. I hate them - purge them!