I always look for contradiction in a character.
I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be an actor. It has just always been an inevitability on some level.
I'm very nerdy about my music, and I like interrogating people about what they put on playlists.
Lentil dhal is the only thing I can cook.
If you act scared, your body produces adrenaline.
You either are a good director or you're not.
I was the kid that grew up watching Bette Davis films.
I'm not consciously avoiding doing a lot of period drama, but I don't really seek it out either.
It sounds trite, but I like telling stories.
I don't think that theater is the higher medium, that it's better than film.
My mum's American. She's from Detroit.
I don't like talking about myself, if I'm honest.
I've always had horrible Valentine's Days.
There's always going to be a separate version of you that people will create, and you have no control over it.
I've played an awful lot of repressed people.
I've never been desperate to please my father.
One aspect of my mum's personality that has influenced me is her love of Hollywood and the golden era of black-and-white films.
My childhood was very colourful, and I am very good friends with both my parents. We have no secrets.
