I try to be fussy about the parts I play. I think that's quite prudent, it means you're stretching different muscles, and you're scaring yourself by doing something which is out of your comfort zone.

It must be odd, being recognizable. I would hate to lose that anonymity.

Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and I'm not interested. Even the real monsters have to have a spark of something you can relate to.

I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do them, I switch off.

You'd never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who's played it before you.

My vanity is I'm terribly romantic! But being married is lovely.

I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it, with the insecurities. There are times when I long for continuity and stability, but I also love the idea of not knowing what I'll be doing next - or even if I'm going to work.