If I'm playing a murderer, I don't go out and start murdering people.

We did a lot of that in drama school: intellectualising and maybe justifying your position. 'I am a thinking actor and I have thought this through' - well, just do it. I much prefer the doing aspect.

As an audience member, those studio films are fun. I like an adventure tale, and I also like to go see something that has more of a social pulse. I like to keep learning and trying new things. And if the scripts are good, it doesn't really matter.

If you're dealing with a character that actually exists, there's an awful lot of information there. So, you can put together, from the information, motivations, insecurities, reactions. Where does that seed get born, if you like?... What I do is put that together.

I try my best to find variety in what I'm doing, but there's a lot out there that's the same.

As an audience member and as an actor I much prefer to find ambiguity.

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