My mum's American. She's from Detroit.

I don't think that theater is the higher medium, that it's better than film.

There's always going to be a separate version of you that people will create, and you have no control over it.

One aspect of my mum's personality that has influenced me is her love of Hollywood and the golden era of black-and-white films.

My childhood was very colourful, and I am very good friends with both my parents. We have no secrets.

I suppose the reason why I like acting is because I'm curious about human nature, and the less I know about a character on the page, instinctively, in a way, the better.

We cannot talk with [animals] as we can with human beings, yet we can communicate with them on mental and emotional levels. They should, however, be accorded equality in that they should receive both compassion and respect; it is unworthy of us to exploit them in any way.