I Never Get Recognised Here In London,

I Was Trying To Find Ways Of Not Being Pigeon-holed Like That. I Didn't Want To Be Tied Down By My Accent. I Wanted To Play Americans. I Don't Want To Ever Be Doing The Same Thing Twice, And I Just Didn't Want To Repeat Myself.

I Was Quite Straight-laced. I Was Quite Academic Until I Was About 14 And Then I Went To Boarding School Where I Had The Opportunity To Continue To Be Very Academic, But Got Less Interested In It And Became More Involved In Acting. And Then When I Was Applying For Universities I Used A Couple Of Places On My Ucas Form To Apply For Drama School Without Telling Anyone... But Didn't Get Into Drama School. But That Was The Most Rebellious Thing I Did.

People Get Married When They're 18 And Spend Their Whole Lives Together. I Think Their Greatest Fear Is That Someone Will See It As A Fling Because They Were Young And It Didn't Mean Anything.

I've Never Been Obsessed With Celebrity Or Star-struck Or Anything. I Met Penelope Cruz When We Were In Toronto, Who I Think Is A Goddess And An Unbelievable Actress, And She Introduced Herself. As She Walked Away From The Table I Had To Take A Deep Breath, Which Was Strange Because I've Never Had That With Anyone.

With Theatre Especially, You Don't Want To Do It Unless You Love It - There's No Way You Can Pull It Off, Making People Happy, Making Yourself Happy For 12 Weeks Or Whatever.