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

I don't honestly think people know what acting is.

I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me.

There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating and wonderful place to be, when things are running well.

But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.

As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.

Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.