We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?

Apparently, as a kid, I used to eat spiders. Maybe there's some Freudian significance behind that.

I quite like the transitions of being an actor, because you get to explore these little pockets of life. So if you're playing a builder you get to know about building, if you're playing a scientist or a physician or something you get to know about physics. And similarly with this world I like exploring their culture, that very sort of upper middle class, addictive... that's part of the reason I love it.

Being an actor is about having the courage to follow your instincts, and also having the discipline and dedication to sacrifice the things in your life that you need to sacrifice to get the best out of yourself artistically.

Any actor worth his salt has a responsibility to reinvent himself from part to part.

Lyrical content is very important to me. I'm always trying to make sure the lyrics and music complement each other perfectly.

As an actor I can sort of smell a duff note, that isn't full of that much conviction. My worst thing with directors is when I know more than them about the character.