I like Scottish people because they feel very true. They're always level and straight. They get a reputation for being hardened because of it, but I find them to be scrupulously honest people.

I'm only really interested in taking a part if it's nothing like me.

I don't think the idea of working in Hollywood really exists anymore. I think you work in films, and where the film is shot is where it's shot. The studio system doesn't really exist.

Growing up in England, you're sort of spoiled, in a way. You sort of take it for granted that within a half-hour's drive, you could be walking around a stately home from the 1700s. It's not very hard to do - in California, you've got to take a flight!

I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could!

I think you can decide how much of yourself you're willing to make public.

I've never got a part in the same way twice. I've never prepared the same way. I've never experienced the filming the process the same way.