I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor.

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.

I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying.

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.

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.

No one will guide you in the right direction, in the end you have to learn for yourself. You have to grow up yourself.