Opening a play is just tough. The idea that actors are weirdly protected from it is a myth. If you imagine yourself having to spend two and a bit hours cooking bolognaise, remembering a whole major work by David Hare and speaking it at the correct moment between chopping carrots and stirring the onions in front of an audience - the normal human response is 'Please, can I go to the airport?'

I don't want to associate myself with any specific group of politicians.

When it comes to casual clothing, my enthusiasm for clothes starts to waver.

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

I'm a jacket man. And if I'm without one, I am kind of seriously disabled. I don't know how to operate in shirt sleeves.

I think in the old days, everybody used to act really quickly because Hollywood was built by theatre people.

When you have a family, or even when you're just seeing a girl, it's difficult to be skint.