I don't know if it's harder but when you're playing a real person you want to honor their memory - even if they're a criminal or someone that the public loathed. That can be challenging.

All of these red carpet events may seem natural for you journalists, but it doesn't feel natural for actors.

I get plenty of time to re-engage with the world I'm trying to depict, so I'm not always living in these parallel worlds.

There are far more good actors than there are jobs for them, so it's a big question of luck.

Hitchcock is a big ask. I am playing someone significantly older than me and someone significantly bigger than me. The stuff I find very interesting is why certain physical things have come about. How can he be light on his feet when he is so big? How can his weight vary so much? Where does this rather beautiful voice come from?

It's always very strange to have your life dramatized because it never happens like that. Things will be different.

I'm very interested in people, so if a character happens to be real, there's that much more to look at.