I think every English actor is nervous of a Newcastle accent.

I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously.

Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them together.

My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of accident.

I have this feeling that if I could sort out what's on my dining room table, everything would fall into place.

The directors you trust the most are the ones, when you ask them a question, they've got the guts to say, 'I don't know.'

On film you put all your energies into a single glance.