I'd rather have a small part in a movie I love than a bigger part in one I don't care about.

I was discouraged at drama school, along with most of my peers.

As an actor, the second and last ones were interesting for me. Because those parts had the most change in playing someone who was both light and dark, sort of Jekyl and Hyde.

Maybe you're better to play a villain just straight out.

I am sent too many mainstream scripts in which the older woman is really quite grotesque. Sometimes you read a script and you feel quite sick that they have to caricature older women in such a negative way.

I think that every piece has its challenges. I love going back and forth between one and the other. I'll always pick a comedy over a drama.

I used to be terribly shy, so I was either shy or over the top, and I always had a difficult time.