I've never found acting that difficult.

I remember in Shallow Grave I remember a few times when we'd only have to do one take. But when you did have to do more than one, you'd build on the one you'd done.

Producing good stuff can be quite tough, and it involves a lot of frustration, but I always like things to be jolly and happy, and I forget that's actually not the point at the end of the day.

It’s just fantastic to go out and meet people in the world and get to really remote places.

I was determined to make working with UNICEF not just something that I did on the trip but something I’d do for the rest of my life.

I never imagined it wouldn’t work out for me. I had that absolute certainty in myself that has seen me through, I think, and my parents were absolutely behind me all the way.

I find that the acting’s getting easier – with experience, everything is more instinctual.

It’s important, that spirit of youth, and when you’re 16 that can get you kickstarted.

I was born in ’71, so I remember bits of glam rock on ‘Top of the Pops’ toward the late ’70s, but I had no idea what kind of world it was. I didn’t like the music, either.

Conservative’s the last thing I am.