I guess part of the hit-man appeal is the solitude. Everybody is lured to the idea of the solitary life.

I don't dislike the process of animation... I find it daunting, but only as much as I find everything daunting.

There is something, yeah, I mean traditionally it's more fun to play bad guys than it is good guys and when you're playing a bad guy, yeah, the fun in it is to see how scary you can be, how horrible you can be. And it's surprising what you come up with.

I'm lucky that I get to play a wide variety of parts.

In the street, people talk to you about all kinds of things, but by far, the most number of people talk to me about Love, Actually.

One of my great regrets, and I don't have many, is that I spent too long putting people's status and reputation ahead of their more important qualities. I learned far too late in life that a long list of letters after someone's name is no guarantee of compassion, kindness, humour, all the far more relevant stuff.

Never go anywhere you have to wear brown shoes.