Generally when I'm filming something, I have a sort of exaggerated, comical, sort of grotesque version of the same scene running parallel in my head. With this process, you get to let it out of the box a little bit.

For me, faith is more about aspiration than complacency - the smug satisfaction that other people find distasteful.

I do a TV show about a priest in London, and he is also slightly beleaguered and is subject to fate and misfortune and daily difficulty.

My sister and I both benefited hugely from the great security that our parents had given us, and then we went off and squandered it all rushing around in showbiz.

You're always a bit blind. If you look at stuff a few years later, you get a more objective look at it.

Nothing else is as fulfilling as playing a part in which you are able to have a significant say in the creative process all the way through. How many actors get to do that? It's extremely rare.

You always think, "Oh, I'm sure I could have done that better." But generally speaking, I am very proud of this.