I suppose I'm something of an eccentric dresser.

We knew, very early on, that we had to be very, very clear that directors need to speak to actors and actresses and be very clear about what is expected, and find out whether they're comfortable with that. Wardrobe has to be in place. There have to be checks.

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.

You don't want to get into doing the same thing, over and over again. I know I don't.

It's interesting that in searching for monsters to play you often end up playing leaders.

My dad is a Jack Nicholson lookalike and a frustrated performer, my mother's into reading and poetry. I suppose the thing I owe them most is my confidence.

By the time you are 30 you are still trying to make your 15-year-old self happy but you are a different person. You need to be brave and let go of that.