A friend of mine had this great theory about the Teletubbies, that it's preparing us for being mindless. And getting us ready for living in an underground world. That's why the scenery is so flat.

The physical part of comedy is as hard as a lot of action movies. It scares me, but in a way that I like.

I love those preliminary conversations about who a character is. You try on wigs, shoes and clothes. It's preferable when it's not about looking pretty. It can get a little dull to just be cute. We talk about things like, maybe my character can't afford these Christian Louboutins.

I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward.

Often with film, I find that you're just really getting to know a person. They're just starting to sink in, and then you wrap the film.

I'm not an amazing cook, but I can follow a recipe.

In this film [The Last King of Scotland] I am the rooky in the cast. Everyone has miles of experience than me and Della is in the same situation, so life imitated art in many ways. I don't think I could be a journalist. I wouldn't make a very good journalist, especially in Washington and working in politics, which I think would be really tough.