I don't know about writing. It's quite lonely. You have to have a lot of patience with yourself.

It's a good time for me, but it's only recently I've become comfortable in my job. At the start, it's hard having the nerve to call yourself an actor, let alone doing it. I gave myself two years after drama school, and if I didn't make it, then I'd give it up.

There's always been a religious strain in me. I can't get rid of it. I don't want to get rid of it. I'm not involved in a church, but I understand that impulse to believe in something that's never going to betray you.

My parents are desperate, they keep saying: 'Please stop doing these angsty roles; make it easier for us.' So, yeah, I'd love to do some comedy.

I really love clothes, but I think I have a style of my own which is quite eclectic.

My remit has always been: I want to do something different from the last thing I've done.

I'm from the theater, darling. I want to know what happens at the end.