If I'm going to appear in front of people I like to look my best.

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

Hunger is almost like something the West does. It's almost like the direct result of the way the West performs.

If you are supposed to be villainous and have some sort of agenda, I like the idea of delivering that kind of character in a perfectly well-mannered way.

I like being in kids' movies, and I like being in family movies.

As you get older you feel you need to pay more attention to what is around you and relish it. I'm greedy for beauty.

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?'