I'm very much a jobbing actor who's still trying to find a place to rent down the road.

My dad was a geologist and my mum was a nurse who directed amateur theatrics.

I've thought about writing, but it hasn't happened yet. It's like schoolwork - you start doing your revisions two nights before you're compelled to turn it in.

If I lived in L.A., I'd be schizophrenic after a week.

Obviously if you're playing some of the smartest men in the world, you want to sound really smart.

Sport used to play a phenomenal part in my life, because I used to play a lot of county sport, a lot of sport for my school. I love team sports. Talk about being with the boys. I love the camaraderie. That's why I like acting.

I'm not posh, not in the slightest. My parents spent some money on my education, but I wasn't born to the purple.