I Retired From Rugby Because I Was

Celebrity Is Very Weird.

The Earliest Memories I Have From My Childhood Are Of My Mum Getting Ready To Go On Stage. I Must Have Been About Five And I Would Watch Her Vomiting Backstage On Opening Night, And Then The Next Minute She Became Isabella, The Queen Of Spain. At The Time I Remember Thinking, 'what Kind Of Schizophrenic Job Is This?' Now It All Makes Sense.

And The Whole Oscar Thing, That Is Just Surreal: You Spend Months And Months Doing Promotion, And Then Come Back To Reality With This Golden Thing In Your Hands. You Put It In The Office And Then You Just Have To Look At It Sitting On The Shelf. And, After About Two Weeks, You Go: 'what Is That Doing There?'

I'm A Great Believer In Stunt Doubles. They Do An Amazing Job.

I'm Getting So Old - It's More Uncomfortable To Do Those Scenes Now Than When I Was 20. I Mean, I Don't Have A Big Problem With Nudity On Screen. But Usually The Days When You Do Those Naked Love Scenes Are The Weirdest Ones On Set. Everyone Is Uncomfortable. You're Like, 'hi. How Are You?' Then The Next Minute You're With An Actress Who You Don't Know And You're Pretending To Make Love To Her In Front Of All The Crew. The Acting Challenge Is Pretending Things Are Ok.