“I think more of the little kids from a school in a little village in Niger who get teaching two hours a day, sharing one chair for three of them, and who are very keen to get an education. I have them in my mind all the time. Because I think they need even more help than the people in Athens.”

“I think you're attracted to things that are different from yourself in a character because it's more interesting, and you get to play out a fantasy version of yourself.”