Every so often you read a play and a character just speaks to you - almost seems to speak through you, in fact.

I think worrying things are going on in England - a real apathy.

Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.

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.

Originally, theater was my life. It was what I assumed I'd spend my working life doing - if I was lucky. Then along came movies.

Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive.

I approach every part I'm asked to do and decide to do from exactly the same angle: who is this person, what does he want, how does he attempt to get it, and what happens to him when he doesn't get it, or if he does?