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" It's important to me to be in a relationship when I'm in one, but I'm not someone who needs to be in a relationship. "

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" I was a very undisciplined person but acting was something that actually motivated me to get up in the morning. I hadn't experienced that before, but it was something that really excited me. I think I could be quite self-conscious and it gave me a release. "

" I wasn't a model schoolboy. Of course, I was forced to sit through Shakespeare and I really got into some of it, though it depended on who was reading it out. "

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" I think if a character appeals to you, there are certain parts of yourself will come to the fore and other parts that will play down. "

" I'm in a position where I'm being continually knocked back for the kind of independent films I want to be in because people don't know who I am. "

" I'm very, very happy with my recognition/lack of recognition in England in terms of my life. In terms of household name-age. The public's memory is very short, luckily. "

" I think I was a bit frightened of having to be a grownup and tried to put that off for as long as I could. "

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" My career has suddenly started to be the one that I'd always wanted, not in terms of level of success, but in terms of - and this is what I've been banging on about - playing different parts in different media. "

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" 'The Taming Of The Shrew' is probably the first time I've worked in this country for about ten years, apart from theatre, and it's not for want of trying. It was so fantastic to work in London - it felt really glamorous. "

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" I've always liked the idea of regularly doing a play but I was offered things which I felt were too 'celebie' and West Endy. "

" I've discovered that I've never had much respect for money, and that has meant that money has ended up ruling me a little bit more than it should have. So I'm trying to learn - at this late stage in life! - to actually control that. "

" For a long time, I've had to hustle. If a film role is obviously great, then it's been difficult for me to get a look-in. "

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" People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door. "

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