I generally do things I'm proud to be in and generally I'm in things people like.

I'm just aware of what I'm thinking and feeling but I do obviously have to get that to the back of the auditorium. So there are things like projection and filling the room, and not dropping the ends of lines - technical things which are important, but I don't think they change the way I feel in a scene.

I've always slightly worried the kids who play football around my house. They know I'm an actor, but felt sorry for me because they'd never seen anything I've done.

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

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

I'm crazy about James Brown. I'm crazy about soul music. And then the blues. Rhythm and blues.

I did pick up a guitar once, but the strings hurt my fingers so I put it down again.