Stories have always been the things that entertain me and make me feel happy and sad and move me and give me the experience of being able to live many lives in one lifetime. It's the best thing about being alive.

I suppose I've got a reputation for playing quite extreme characters and making them quite believable.

I love being able to play as many different characters, in as many different worlds as I possibly can. That's what I really enjoy.

I enjoy doing things that involve research because it's part of what I enjoy about acting.

My tragedy is that all I want is a dog, and yet I have been cursed with cats all my life.

It's funny the more technological advanced everything gets, the more like acting in your bedroom when you're a kid it is.

I suppose I'm something of an eccentric dresser.