I've always been more inclined to go out to work than carry on with academic studies.

As an actor, it's always been good to be working at all.

My goal was for acting to become my main income. I would say to myself, 'I'm good enough'. That became my mantra.

I love to go into a movie and have no idea what's going to happen in it.

You know, it's amazing. I don't even have a car, would you believe it? I had a motorbike and it got stolen last year. So I've got to buy another one of those, I suppose. I can treat myself to that.

I believe that if you go and see a film you should have to sort of invest something yourself and you have to do a little bit of the work as an audience member, so when you leave the cinema you should be having those conversations either with yourself - if you're crazy like me- or with friends afterwards.

I remember hearing that the spirit was always next to you, so I would always make room in my bed for the spirit ... I'd make room for the teddy bears, Jesus and me. And then I'd wake up in the morning, and I'd squashed 'em all.