I'm not Welsh and I didn't know that much about Dylan Thomas , and I saw that he's a huge icon of Welsh-ness.

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

I meet people who are famous, and it's made me realise that fame has huge lifestyle disadvantages. I'm nervous about that. I don't want to become a celebrity.

The danger with playing a part that defines you is that it swallows up everything else.

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 supposed to have sympathy for the person you're playing. You should be the one person who does.

I did absolutely love playing Tabaqui, the hyena, who is morally conflicted and a villain, but also quite sweet.