One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

I get stage fright and gremlins in my head saying: 'You're going to forget your lines'.

I was coming from a very cerebral, dark, difficult, layered play by Christopher Hampton and doing an action movie in Hollywood (Die Hard) with explosions, and I was holding a gun.

I like it when stories are left open.

I'm still living the life where you get home and open the fridge and there's half a pot of yogurt and a half a can of flat Coca-Cola.

Why don't I like you?" "Because you think I'm an asshole, and I'm not really, I'm just British and, well, you're not.

I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time.