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

I should say, a piece of advice that was given to me very early on by the principle of RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) which is where I went. When he auditioned me, he said, "Your speech, monologue, is fine. It's good. Yeah, I think you have ability but you're making it happen. Don't make it happen, let it happen." And that's a sort of subtle shift I think, as an actor.

You have to just dive over the edge. You haven't got time to mess about.

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

As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want to be looked at and watched, but there's a paradoxical bit that wants to run away.

Actors use who they are to be someone else, but I would hate to ever think I'm playing myself. It's imagining being someone else that is the key motivating thing for me. So when people want to know about me, it makes me a bit unnerved.

The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.