'Hunger' definitely changed my life, in terms of being recognized by filmmakers, since that was very much a filmmakers' film.

It's such a terrifying thing when mobs of people get together and persecute foreigners.

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.

We're all curious about a lot of things.

I'm not going to talk about my private life with a total stranger, unless I feel like I need to. Why would I? I don't.

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.

I take my work seriously but I can't take myself too seriously. I'm in such a crazy privileged position.