Originally When I Went Off To Work

I Stayed In Baghdad Every Summer Until I Was 14. My Dad's Sister Is Still There, But Many Of My Relatives Have Managed To Get Out. People Forget That There Are Still People There Who Are Not Radicalized In Any Particular Direction, Trying To Live Normal Lives In A Very Difficult Situation.

I Remember Kind Of Doing Early Acting And Thinking, "god, They Don't Paint Behind The Sets." It's A Bit Of A Shame, Really - "oh, What's On The Other Side Of This Wall? Oh, You Can See The Plywood." I Was Really Disappointed. I Just Thought That These Things Were Real, From Watching Things As A Kid.

I Think There Will Always Be A Particular Generation Of Actors Who Think That They're Going To Be Replaced By Robots. But Certainly The Emerging Actors Understand That That's Part Of The Craft.

The Difference Between The Big Budget Films I've Done Is The Length Of Time. But In Terms Of The Day-to-day, You're Still Going On To Set, You're Getting Into Character, And You're Going And Doing Your Job, So There's Absolutely No Difference. It's Just The Structure Around It And The Length Of Time. But In Terms Of Budget And Money, It Doesn't Really Manifest Itself.

A Lot Of Actors On Film Sets... Very Often They're Not Paying Attention To The Physical World Around Them. I Think Through Studying Art, I've Always Had That Awareness And That's Something That I've Wanted To Bring In To Go Beyond Acting... As A Form Of Expression, They Are Intrinsically Linked.