As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be alive by now.

Family is family over the internet, over Skype, over the telephone. Love is love. You don't have to actually go through some ritual to prove that you love somebody.

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity.

I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.

If it's a really well written villain, he probably has more layers than the archetypal good person. So that would be very attractive to an actor. No one chooses to be a villain; it's usually a reaction to something else.

When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.

It's Sir Ben. I've not been a Mister for two years.