The actor, 44, talks about Bernie Sanders, sex and intimacy, environmental catastrophe and speeding in New York
I come off cold or unapproachable, when in fact I’m just insecure. I’m hypercritical of how I look, how I act, how I come across in interviews. Every new year I make the same resolution: be kinder to yourself. I try to stay positive, but it never lasts. I’ve been in therapy for a couple of years now, and I don’t look at photos of me, or read what people say.
My mum made sure I always felt powerful. My parents were loving, encouraging my brother and me in everything we did – whether that was pursuing performing after seeing Annie on Broadway aged five, or spending hours rolling around in the front yard. By my teenage years I’d grown despondent, I was ready to leave the small town I grew up in earlier than I could.