When you come to actually act, it's a game. It may be a very serious game, but it's still a game. If you lose that sense of play, the work suffers.

I would like to be taller, thinner and more rakish looking.

As a general thing, I've always been drawn to characters who appear to be one thing on the surface, but are actually something else underneath.

I was obsessed with football when I was growing up.

We live in a bubble of the fantasy of death, but the reality of it is something that we obviously all face and have to deal with, at some point.

When I was at drama school, I wanted to change the world, and thought I had some great wisdom to impart to people about humanity. Now that I'm older, I know enough to realise that I know nothing at all.

Hopefully, any character I play has an anchor in reality.