I don't like to be feared, and I can't work in conflict, I'm very bad with conflict. I try to avoid it, it paralyzes me.
You want to be appreciated for all your work as opposed to one performance, but I'll always be 'that bloke from 'Lock, Stock'.' You've got to embrace it.
Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
I find it's really hard for anybody to meet anyone. I'm not big on dates anyways. I still have to work that out.
'Fashion Star' has been an incredible platform to show America the amount of work and discussion that goes into each garment you see in a store.
I wanted to be in 'The Emerald Forest.' I chased that one for six months before it all came about. I wanted to work with John Boorman!
I have a little bit of an addiction to work. So I'm always hiding in the bathroom with my Blackberry to work when I'm on holiday.
When I was 16 or 17, when I started, I never even considered not doing a project. I just wanted to work.
One thing you notice is, there's a lot of people with raw talent, and then there's people who take that talent and work hard.
So often actors only mix with actors, which is quite incestuous, and doesn't give them the insight into how other people work.
But I won't work with the exact same crew film after film because I feel the work would get a little complacent.
When I model I pretty much go blank. You can't think too much or it doesn't work.
There's not a fortune to be made doing voiceover work unless you're one of the main voices on The Simpsons. See, there's The Simpsons, and then there's everything else.
I work with my acting coach to help me get into character and do pronunciation drills and tongue twisters to help me deliver lines.
Live theatre provides a rush you can't get in film or television. But it is the TV and film work that offers the leisure to go off and do a play.
I've had a year out of work, more, and just toughed it out. There are those who think that all actors are overpaid. I beg to differ.
Work aside, I think would have ended up in the U.S. because I like being here a lot. I really do.
During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
I really do feel now that the way I dress onstage and for work is a true reflection of my own sense of style as well.
I've always been a blue collar guy, and I think it shows in my body of work and the way my career has developed.
As far as developing a career as an actress, I think it's a fine balance between trying to just work, and also be true to yourself.
