It could be a stupid thing to say, but people should realize that it is easy to get concerned about yourself and to lose contact.

I'm so fair that I didn't go in the sun as a child. When all my friends were on the beach, I was going to ballet. The teachers there didn't like you going in the sun, so I never did.

Every director is completely different.

It's a career that's enticing because you go on stage, for example, and people clap. You get that affirmation, but you can't go into acting for that because it's really your own self-belief that's going to get you through.

It could be a stupid thing to say, but people should realize that it is easy to get concerned about yourself and to lose contact.

I like working intensely, then going away and thinking about it, working out why it didn't work and then coming back to it. It makes the work richer, I think.

As an actor, I would call it a role where you get to stretch out a bit.