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'Skins' had been a brilliant breeding ground for young actors, young directors and young writers. It was a safe environment to experiment; it tried new things, and it was an amazing time and amazing to be part of it.

'Skins' wanted to create a new thing by actually casting real teenagers. I think it was very brave of them. They also wanted to give the opportunity to people who didn't go to drama school.

I love diving into different skins, skins that make me feel deep emotions.

Skin is really important; after all, it's my business.

What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them.

I have always been a person who is extremely comfortable in my skin. I have always just been myself in all these years on the public platform.

A lot of my pieces are about easy seductiveness and accessibility in terms of showing skin.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

I've worked with some actors who have such thick skins and think they are so extraordinary. I'll think, 'Have you stopped learning?' They stop listening to directors or other actors and do the same thing again and again.

I think I've been incredibly raw my whole career. A lot of people spend a lot of time trying to look cool and spend time being guarded and putting up walls. I just never had the time. It seems more honest to say, 'Hey, this is who I am.'