We're all outsiders in a way. We're all alone and can become very lonely.
I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality.
Being in the woods at night is a beautiful thing.
I guess I judge my films by how pleased I am with the work I do, so it's kind of on another level. If they do well at the box office, then that's great. Then I'm really pleased about that too.
To me acting originally became an extension of game playing.
When you're a kid you have this sense of wonder and wholeness and a strong sense of your own identity.
People are more likely to pass me on the street without recognizing me, and that's good.
I kind of like the challenge of jumping into totally different spaces and styles and figuring out how to fit in.
Both my parents are English and I was born in West Africa, and I moved around as a kid, lived in Bristol, lived in Buckinghamshire and Surrey as a kid, and then moved when I was 16.
I think often in film we limit our imaginations a little - well, quite a lot, actually... things get quite formulaic.
If the script grabs me and appeals to me, I'm really very keen to work on it.
As an actor, to do all sorts of different films is great.
I think I'm a bit of a dreamer. I don't like the reality of life to impinge much on my life.
It's kind of chased away a few demons for me and, um, it's educated me a little bit more.
Initially I probably didn't even call it acting, but dressing up or something. As a kid I think you fully imagine the world in which you want to inhabit, so you put some clothes on and just kind of freely imagine this world, and it's a total imaginary world.
I think I'm much less self confident today. I actually went through a quite painful period because of that thinking that I was completely hopeless. But I think that's something that we all go through at various times of our lives and it was quite a sustained thing with me.
I don't think I'll ever escape the fact that I don't belong anywhere in particular. I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality.
I generally find an affinity with a lot of the people I play and I suppose if I didn't feel an affinity for them then they wouldn't be particularly good performances.
I keep thinking I should get a phone, because everyone's got one and it becomes increasingly difficult to exist in a society where everyone else has moved ahead and you haven't.
I didn't get my licence because I wasn't allowed to. But I haven't had a seizure for a long time so I could, theoretically, get my licence. But I'm now just so used to not driving, I'm scared of what I'd do.
