Somebody asked me recently, 'Have you done a lot of plays?' I thought hang on. I used to do nothing but plays. I've been very fortunate that on several occasions I've had jobs where I didn't want to be anywhere else in the world whatever you had to offer - however much money you've got.

I'm not a financial expert. The Robin Hood tax seems to me a very simple and beautiful idea. I don't see the problem.

I'm always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long!

When I do a play, it's like agreeing to be ill for a couple of months.

I got briefly mistaken for someone who might be good in bed, which was very, very good.

I don't spend a lot of time with anybody.

You get older and you see yourself and say, 'God, he's old, who's that?'