Actor

Normally, in a film with lots of twists and turns, half of them don't make sense; they're just there for their own sakes.

I like cashew nuts.

I'd seen my dad on stage, and that was fine, but the real excitement was - that was my dad. Even now, when I see his films, he's always my favourite person in the movie.

Though rom-coms aren't necessarily my cup of tea, I was a huge fan of 'Notting Hill.'

Conventionally handsome is not really where I'm at.

I'm not built like a leading man.

I watched a couple of films I was in and thought, 'Those are pretty close to what we wanted them to be. I feel actually weirdly OK with it all. I can still see flaws in what I'm doing, but I think I delivered. I think I improved the film with my presence.'

Going home, spending time with the family, I feel they're my friends as well, all of them. I look forward to meeting any one of them for a coffee, and when we all get together, I just love it.

'Pale Fire' by Vladimir Nabokov was bloody hard work but really thrilling.

In 'Cavalry,' I had one scene where I was playing a pretty awful character.

I'm pretty lowbrow. It's a failing.

I've been interested in the writing/directing thing and really fell into acting by complete accident.

I like films that are gritty and hard-hitting and suspenseful. Thrillers, too.

I'm not going to get better as an actor working on bad stuff.

I did like 'Star Wars' when I was a kid. I saw the prequels first; I didn't see the full original films first all the way through.

I tend to play 'tortured' a lot, whether it's physically or emotionally.

I did 'Never Let Me Go,' and there were amazing people on that. Brilliant writer, director, cast. That was quite special.

As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough.

When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous.

Everyone talks about how we're on our phones all the time, but the fact remains that when I'm away on a film set for two months, I can Skype my family. I remember the phone calls my parents had to make when my dad was away for a while when I was younger - that once-a-week expensive phone call! The time pressure on talking to your father!