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'm relaxed naked as long as there is no one else there. I speed up past mirrors.

I used to joke that one of the reasons there was a lack of classical work on my CV was because I couldn't operate in those kinds of trousers. Which is a joke, but it's actually also true - if I want to appear in public I want to look my best. If I'm onstage I like to do contemporary work, largely because of the trousers, because of the clothes. I like a decent, what we used to call a lounge suit. Then I can start to motor.

I'm a jacket man. And if I'm without one, I am kind of seriously disabled. I don't know how to operate in shirt sleeves.

I'm not famous for my back story investigations; I'm lucky that I work with good writers and it's usually in the script.

I have nothing against romanticism. I'm all for it. I'm helpless in the face of romance.

Emma Watson is adorable in the extreme. She is such a lovely person.