You never know how films are going to do and it is daunting if I think about it.

People like to think that actors are terribly worried about ghosts of other actors in the parts they play. But you just have to get on with it.

It's a real skill to be able to publicise yourself.

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.

As much as I long for a sort of security and consistency sometimes, I do enjoy sort of being busted around. I really don't know what's happening sometimes next week, let alone this year.

I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I feel the same now. I get nervous, then it's fine.

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