I have the embarrassing thing where often if you're watching a film, you kind of go through the emotions and the thought stages that your character w….

I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth..

It was fantastic to be able to have my kids on set. Dash, my eldest son, who’s not quite five, was into knights and his godmother had given him a pla….

Oftentimes you walk on set and then suddenly you're in bed with someone who you've never met before..

The great thing about theater is that when it's great, you'll remember it for the rest of your life. But if you go see ten shows, you'll only get fiv….

I couldn't possibly have played someone with feelings towards a woman unless I had those feelings myself..

I went through a mod and goth-phase when I decided that I wouldn't ever be the bronzed beach-bunny. I started going as pale as I possibly could..

Look, it's one of the great mysteries of the world, I cannot answer that question. I think I'm vaguely blonde. To be perfectly frank, I don't know..

When I was younger, I was actually looking forward to getting older, to have more insight, more understanding..

I was quite shocked at the tone I took and the judgements I had of the relationship that she embarked on, you know, sex with a minor. But it's the st….

I believe that a creative career is only as good as the risks that you take with it..

Of course one worries about getting older - we're all fearful of death, let's not kid ourselves. I'm simply not panicking as my laugh lines grow deep….

Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it..

There are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to..

In the current climate, things that are true, brave human stories become political..

I think it's always good to take on things that at first seem bigger than you. Then you just try and surmount them..

I had never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics, or anything like that. Lord of the Rings was like stepping into a videogame for me….

It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career..

See the opportunity in the misstep..

Planning cities is a necessary but risky business..

With a role like Hedda Gabler, which is incredibly complicated, you often feel that you haven't even scratched the surface the first time around, so ….