I felt it [Shakespeare's Coriolanus] is sort of an examination of our dysfunction as a nationalistic, tribal entities. I think the world is rocking and cracking open in weird and worrying places. And I think Coriolanus, the play, reflected that.

I was only interested in my scene, and I had to go through thousands and thousands of other scenes. I got my scene and I read it many, many, many, many, many times. That was my research.

I'm more relaxed about how the editing process will create a performance and that, in a way, gives me a sense of freedom.

Voldemort? That might be real.

And although I've been very fortunate in the film work that's come my way, I need to get back to the stage. If I'm away for a maximum of two years, I feel something's wrong.

Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent.

I'm sure acting is a deeply neurotic thing to do.