I've got a brother who works for the Red Cross, another brother is working with the homeless in France, some who work in restaurants or as teachers and dental technicians. My twin brother Merlin is an artist.
I don't have social media.
The book says, 'Vanity Fair - a story without a hero.' Becky is effectively the protagonist, the hero we follow. But she is flawed. Becky is a subject of her own time.
There isn't an actor alive who hasn't been turned down, and I promise you I have taken a hell of a lot of rejection. That said, I do count my blessings every day.
Jekyll is quite me: young man; polite. But being able to play Hyde was quite fun, to create a character that's nothing like me. I quite enjoyed creating a new character like that: he had a different voice; physicality; mannerisms. Everything had to be thought about. It was a real challenge.
I don't do the gym.
People are always telling me I look like Federer.
It's awful because if you have a blessed life like me, where I've been so lucky, you end up saying things like, 'Oh, my God. I was just playing hide-and-seek with Penelope Cruz.'
Actually, competitiveness was never part of our upbringing.
I've been exceptionally lucky and I know that.
Me being able to trash hotel rooms on set means I don't do it in real life.
It's nice to play to a full house.
With this job people want so much from you and of course I understand, but if you don't keep that back, then what have you got left? If you auction off parts of your life you are left with nothing but a bag of money and no soul.
I went to a masterclass with Jonathan Pryce who said that a successful actor is not a famous actor, it's an actor who acts. And I have been incredibly fortunate to have worked constantly from the moment I left drama school, so I achieved what I set out to do. I am an actor.
Obviously I have more in common with Jekyll, but there's something about Hyde.
It upsets me where you do a take and people go 'that's so funny,' and you think 'I was being serious.'
There's a funny line between feeling objectified and feeling supported and it's a very odd one.
India is just amazing.
I try to be warm to everyone I meet.
I can cross the line when I'm making fun of people.
