Everything I put my name to and take part in, I want to be good. That's not saying it will always happen. But I want to make bold choices.

We moved to Ireland when I was two and we settled in Killarney, Co Kerry. Where we were living in Germany is very industrial and very grey and my parents wanted to have countryside around for my sister and I to grow up in.

Scratch the surface of what's socially normal. I suppose in some way all of us have something we display to the public and things we feel too ashamed of or uncomfortable with to reveal to other people.

Big things have small beginnings.

Trying to identify and understand, as opposed to judging, is very important for me, in approaching characters.

I suppose the doctor-patient relationship has that idea of transference. I think it's a special thing that doctors have. We all find doctors sexy. That's why there are so many TV shows about doctors.

It's a difficult thing as an actor not to repeat one's self.