There's so much crap talked about acting.

Filming is so much to do with rhythm, as is music, and if it isn't there then you know in the end nobody can save it really, they can't.

Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It's harder.

I would like to make it known, on this program, loud and clear, that I would absolutely embrace with all five of my arms being a Bond villain.

Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.

But filming is good for you, because the crew isn't allowed to laugh. You can't get addicted to getting the laugh.

I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself in the process of falling in love. I found that admirable.