The happiest days of my youth were when my brother and I would run through the woods and feel quite safe.

I moved to New York last year and I love it. It's a huge change and I've always wanted to spend time there. It's like a more intense London, and everything's up a few notches. The lights are brighter, the pace is faster and the food's better.

L.A. makes you feel ugly.

I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.

I prefer being as far from the centre of celebrity as possible.

I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.

My real fantasy if I was to drop out would be to live in a mobile home and be a hippie and drive around festivals and have millions of children - children with dreadlocks and nose rings - and play the flute.