I'm The Kind Of Actor Who Has

When You Write For Very Young Children What They Want Is Something Familiar And Safe And Stereotyped.

As Everyone, You Do End Up Becoming Your Mother, But Also As You're Acting, I Find Out You Become Every Member Of Your Family, Bits Come Out Without You Really Wanting Them To Come Out.

Fairytales Have Always Got To Have That Scary Quality, As Long As You Make Them Laugh.

I Also Get Fed Up With The Fact That Casting Agents And Directors Have This Impression Of Me As Being Frail And Petite. I Find It Very Patronizing. I'm Quite Beefy And Strong. I Was A Gymnast In School And I Have Lots Of Muscles.

People Have Lots Of Misconceptions About Me. My Mum, Who Is Half French And Half Spanish, Gets Outraged When I'm Called Quintessentially English. I Owe My Looks To My Mum-which Was 90 Percent Of Getting My First Job. And, Some People Would Argue, 90 Percent Of My Entire Career.