When I was growing up I would always watch the more experienced players to see what they were doing and why they were doing it.

You want to achieve the most you can in the short period you have in your career as a professional footballer.

Every experience, good or bad, is a learning process.

Players at the highest level have got high football intelligence, so they can adapt, but at the same time you need a structure and an idea of how you've got to play that system.

I think I'm a really good partner and very sensitive to the other person's feelings. I want somebody else to be comfortable, to understand about my job, and if they want to come on a set and see me work, they always can.

So when my film career took off, I always felt like I was trying to play catch-up because I hadn't studied acting before. I didn't know how to manage money or my career. When I look back, I think I was a little bit shell-shocked.

I don't really have a career plan. There's no joy for me to just be a personality in my work, and I feel that that's so much of what's out there.

You've got to be a little vicious. You've got to be narcissistic. You've got to be on fire about your career.