It's much easier to have something that's absolutely definite and has a definite identity, rather than a really generic role.

If someone's carrying a gun or a knife it's not a nice thing. They aren't going to feel that comfortable with it. It's a scary position to put yourself in. You don't choose to do that unless you feel there's absolutely no other option and you're forced to carry a weapon in order to protect yourself.

I think your main draws are instinct, intuition and empathy... those things that you can't really practice.

I think London is made up of tiny little pockets and villages, and lots of little sub-cultures. So, especially for an actor, it's a brilliant place to live because you've got inspiration all the time, wherever you are. You can turn a corner and you'll be in mansion houses with beautiful gardens and Ferraris, and you'll turn back on yourself and it'll be ghetto land. But I think that's brilliant.

No matter how isolated or lonely or down and out you feel, there is always a way out.

It's much easier to have something that's absolutely definite and has a definite identity, rather than a really generic role.