I don't think that anyone can really understand anything until it's understood on a cellular, emotional level.

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

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

Lentil dhal is the only thing I can cook.

I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a better actor.

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.

I would say that maybe directors who act as well are easier with actors. I'm not saying that all directors have this, but sometimes you'll come across a director who sort of looks at an actor a bit like a kind of untrained horse that's been let out of the stable, like they might buck him.