On his Hannibal Lector mask: I've got it at home. I wear it to bed every night.

If you don't go when you want to go, when you do go, you'll find you've gone.

I have dual citizenship, it just so happens I live in America.

I'm very much a loner. I don't like long relationships with people and I always keep people at a distance.

I spent two years in the military service, then I trudged around in repertory for quite a while. I somehow wound up at the National Theatre, though, and then I was definitely on my way.

When you're young, you're very insecure. And if I could learn, if I could revisit my own past I could say to myself, don't think too much, just get on and do it.

I watched a film with a very famous, great, great actor, I won't mention his name because everyone loves his memory, but I thought, "God he was acting a lot." Great actor, but nonstop acting. Wall to wall, fitted-carpet acting.