I Couldn't Bear A Marriage In Which

I'm Always Very Aware Of The Physical Challenges Of Work. I Train Much More Than I Did When I Was In My Twenties, And I've Done Some Very Physical Films, And I Always Get Properly Prepared For Them And Get As Fit As I Can.

For An Actor, It's Very Important To Get A Clear Idea Of What A Director Wants, And Their Intention For What They Want To Get Out Of A Scene And How They Want To Shoot It. Having That Knowledge Is Really Valuable, For An Actor. It Means You Can Deliver More.

Something I Don't Like Seeing In Other People Is Naked Ambition, When Somebody Is Really Pushing Hard To Get To Where They Want To Be. That's The Way I Look At That Word - Like You Must Be Stepping On Someone To Get There. And I've Never Been Comfortable With That.

Very Often When You See Families It's All Perfect And Neat, And Parenting Isn't Like That. You Do Have Constant Negotiations. Things Are Ever Developing And Ever Changing, And You Constantly Have To Evaluate How You Deal With Your Kids.

I'm English And I'm Used To Coming From A World Of Period Dramas, Where There's A Very Polite Restraint To Everything. Everybody's Sort Of Sitting In Drawing Rooms.