It's not great if someone gives you sort of bland praise without giving you clear direction and say, "This is good, let's try it like this." I have worked with someone who seemed quite inarticulate and just would say, "That's good, that's good." That's very frustrating because - it's nice to know something is good but you know it can always change.

What moves me in art is how we question who we are as people.

I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.

I have grown up loving Shakespeare.

Awards are like applause, and every actor likes to hear applause.

The actor shouldn't edit themselves or be anxious. And the actors that I admire are always the ones who are inventive and their imaginative life in free-willing. It's a director's job to go, "No here, don't do that, go there."

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