We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the w….

I could never swim in the ocean after seeing Jaws..

[As an actor] I have ideas, but things should always be fluid. You should always be ready to follow an instinct. Something might reveal itself on the….

There's so much going on in the world. There's so much information being thrown at us - so many things are being sold to us, and we're being told how….

'Cause I do so much homework I'm good to go on the first take; I don't want to rehearse. I like the element of what's unpredictable of that first tak….

I’m aware of my weaknesses and THE BEAST WITHIN..

I believe that if you go and see a film you should have to sort of invest something yourself and you have to do a little bit of the work as an audien….

Everything I put my name to and take part in, I want to be good. That's not saying it will always happen. But I want to make bold choices..

What I find really interesting is to try and mix it up, to push myself and try different things. I don't want to stay in my comfort zone. I want to t….

I love to go into a movie and have no idea what's going to happen in it..

If you're dealing with a character that actually exists, there's an awful lot of information there. So, you can put together, from the information, m….

Everyone's crazy anyway. And those who think they aren't, are the ones who are even crazier - because they're in denial..

Why not provoke some thought and get people talking about things? I like characters that are flawed because we all are. When people break up in a scr….

You want society to accept you; but you can’t even accept yourself..

I keep everything very simple. I like telling stories..

I remember hearing that the spirit was always next to you, so I would always make room in my bed for the spirit ... I'd make room for the teddy bears….

Trying to identify and understand, as opposed to judging, is very important for me, in approaching characters..

I'm always interested in trying to investigate different personalities. I want to keep myself guessing and keep the fear element alive, so that I don….

I quite enjoy the lines on my forehead because they show my life. That’s my history and I like to see that in other people. Like this wrinkle is due ….

I take my work seriously but I can't take myself too seriously. I'm in such a crazy privileged position..

It's more interesting isn't it, if I've got a hedonistic dark side?.