It's not easy to walk out on a marriage and two young kids, and it's the most difficult thing I've ever had to do.

You have to learn to hallucinate.

I've played so many historical characters because most horrible dictators are short, fat, middle-aged men.

Most dictators were short, fat, middle-aged and hairless. Besides Danny Devito, there's only me to play them.

Before Michael Caine you had to have been in the RAF to be an actor.

I'm very romantic. I've emptied flower shops.

What would I have done if I wasn't an actor? Probably rob banks.