I'm Not Confident In Social Situations; Just

I Always Seem To Be Cast As Slightly Wan, Ethereal, Troubled Intellectuals Or Physically Ambivalent Bad Lovers. But I'm Here To Tell You I'm Quite The Opposite In Real Life. In Fact I'm A F**king Fantastic Lover.

It's Always Important To Have The Blessing.

I Am Shortsighted. I Need Glasses For Watching Movies Or Concerts. It's Not A Hipster Affectation; I Do Have Poor Eyesight. This Is How Ridiculous My Life Is: I've Had The Test For Contact Lenses, But I Haven't Found A Half-day Where I Can Go To The Optician.

The Number Of People My Age, Younger Now, A Whole Generation Younger, Who Are Fiercely Bright, Over-educated, Under-employed And Who Are Politicised And Purposeless Really Upsets Me. It's Soul-destroying.

When Auditioning, I Try To Imagine That I'm The Only Person That They [directors] Are Seeing That Day Because It Can Be Overwhelming, In The Same Sense That It Could Be Overwhelming If You Try To Fulfil Everyone's Expectations Rather Than The People Closest To You In The Creative Process, Be It Your Director, Or Fellow Actors And The Writers. So, That's Kind Of It - I Try To Trick Myself Into Believing That No One Has Ever Gone There Before.