It's thrilling to have the opportunity to work in different areas, whether it's on a project that has all the resources behind it like Harry Potter or James Bond and then to go somewhere there's very few resources.

When you meet women, don't pretend to be anything that you're not.

I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If I heard a broad Scots accent, I'd probably struggle at first but then I'd start to look for words I recognise and I'd get the gist. I think Shakespeare is like that.

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

I feel there's so much still to learn about acting. But there is some magic in the capturing of performance and in the process of editing a performance. The psychology of human beings and what's coming through the face... that fascinates me.

I went out to Mount Kilimanjaro, which I thought was very beautiful, but there were a lot of people there.

I veer away from trying to understand why I act. I just know I need to do it.