It's a career that's enticing because you go on stage, for example, and people clap. You get that affirmation, but you can't go into acting for that because it's really your own self-belief that's going to get you through.
I love the Russians for their verve, their melancholia, their vivacity, their unpredictability, and their humour.
I think you go through a period as a teenager of being quite cool and unaffected by things.
It could be a stupid thing to say, but people should realize that it is easy to get concerned about yourself and to lose contact.
I grew up seeing a lot of theatre, and it was theatre that really seduced me into acting - not film or television.
I think 'Rake' was a very clever crossover, actually, because it does lend itself to the city of L.A.
