I used to think that prizes were damaging and divisive, until I got one, and now they seem sort of meaningful and important.

If you ever see me in a social setting wearing any sort of sportswear, then you know I'm in crisis.

I like American black soul music, that was my first big enthusiasm.

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

With stage, you feel completely like you're just in a bubble. I love not being able to see anything. I love coming out and I can't see anything because the lights are so bright and it's pitch black. That's ideal for me, that's when I have the best time.

One of the reasons I like a suit is because I've never been that keen on my body. The shape a suit presents is always going to be better than anything I can do.

I admire David Hare as much as I admire certainly any writer ever. What I like about his writing is it is very conscientiously, in one way, an attempt to reproduce the way people actually speak, but it's not just an attempt at naturalism. It's stylised and it's heightened, to great effect. It's elegant and it's funny and that's the way to my heart, frankly.