In a costume, you need very exaggerated body language - as you say, sort of mime-type skills.

As a film actor, you don't often get that opportunity to meet with your audience and take your applause on stage.

So, I think I'd be grateful for the next job. I always am. And I always consider everything I do to be the last thing I do.

When you do films that have multiple sequels, you develop a character for a film.

I find vacuuming very therapeutic, but I hate ironing. I usually have no shirt on while ironing, because I'm ironing it, and I end up burning my chest.

My dad instilled in me a great sense of humor. I wasn't bullied at school because my outward attitude was confident, and that helps.

My life is quite physical anyway. When you are three-foot-six you kind of have to climb stuff now and again, and you find yourself in quite precarious situations just to manage in what is quite a big world.