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

But obviously, things have changed in many ways since the '50s, when the show is started, in terms of sexuality, and how much access we have to images of it and information about it. But, the same problems always apply. It doesn't matter whether we know a lot more about sex now or if there's a lot more access to it. The same problems of intimacy, of dealing with other people, of connecting and being vulnerable with other people, which is what the show is ultimately about, still applies now, I think.

A lot of the times when I've auditioned for parts in America, the answer is, 'Sorry, we need a bigger name.'

I am prone to get carried away thinking about creative projects.

No matter how difficult things are, and no matter how much grief and loss there is, you can turn it into something positive.

I perceive and relate to the world through where I grew up; that's part of me. It's what I judge everything else against.

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.