Those of you who are not aware of my brilliant career as a stand up comic, I'm not aware of it either so we might well wonder what we're doing here.

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.

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

I love working in New York theater.

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.

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

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