I think the beauty of the writing of 'Game of Thrones' is not that the characters are fearless; it's how they overcome their fear, you know?

When you play a real person, you feel a sense of responsibility that obviously you don't feel when you're playing a fictional character.

I know people think that acting is not quite the occupation of grown-ups, but it is actually the ultimate learning process: You get a multitude of experiences, all for the price of one life.

A character on a page has to feel real, and for me the greatest fun is if you could gender-swap the role.

You don't want the men to be written in a three-dimensional way and the women, not.

As an actor, your text is your bible, so you're not making a documentary, but you still have to follow the choices made by your writer.

I do yoga weekly. I don't know who I'd be without yoga and running.