I don't do plays without jokes anymore. I've retired from those plays. I think it's bad manners to invite people to sit in the dark for two and a half hours and not tell them the joke.

It can't be overstated how wonderful it is not to have to audition any more. Any actor will tell you, it's like Christmas.

Never go anywhere you have to wear brown shoes.

I'm one of those weird people who doesn't even own a computer.

I don't normally watch films I'm in because I'm squeamish about that and it takes me quite a long time to recover and I have to go to work. I'm not being coy or cute, but it's just true.

Anyone who can do the splits and come back up on the backbeat, as James Brown and Prince can, has my eternal respect. Prince, who is a genius of the highest order, can come back up while singing and playing the guitar.

My dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious.