From my point of view, it's very refreshing to play a regular human being and not someone from another dimension. When I say "not act," what I mean is just to be as natural and as normal as possible.

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

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

I wanted to be a journalist, I thought it was glamorous and that I'd meet beautiful women in the rain.

I don't dislike the process of animation... I find it daunting, but only as much as I find everything daunting.

I don't seem to be able to learn from experience or anything useful. History doesn't help me. Precedents don't inform my experience.

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.