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

We are adjusters. We empathize, we change rhythm and above all we listen to our fellow actors-if they're good actors.

Sometimes it's right to do the wrong things and right now is one of those times.

There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance.

I'm so dependent on reacting to the other actors on the set, and to the director. I'm very responsive. I react. And I treasure the energy that reaction gives.

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.

The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent.