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

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

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.

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

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

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.