A lot of the characters I play have problems, they are marginalised, they have serious psychological problems, problems with relationships, with childhood. These are big subjects, big subjects. You can't balk at work like that. As an actor, that's as good as it gets.

Acting is a really insular thing.

I'd love to do a Columbo-type detective character in a series.

My first love is art, and I see a lot of things in an artistic way.

Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of society.

I think you should only wear jewellery if it has a story behind it.

Each performance and each film is what it is. It's right and belongs within that moment. You look at it and try to make it fit your particular part of your character and your particular film.