I have always been very fortunate in my working life in terms of the, I say that like I've not been fortunate at all in my private life.

Ive always liked the idea of being a father. And Ive always romanticised it, because I lost my father when I was young. In a way, all of the complications that come with my career are about that.

That global poverty would end. That people would be able to eat. It's the worst shame in the world that people go hungry.

I believe people instinctively know that about writing, yet people get confused about that when it comes to acting.

I'm constantly discovering things. Like Bobby Bland. Right now I suppose I'm into the Eighties, which turned out to be a great musical period.

This is going to sound completely absurd, but I do sometimes feel like the enjoyment of an awards ceremony or the pride in the finished article hasn't ever surpassed the joy of doing the work, of making it. The doing it is really the bit I'm there for.

I'm in favor of anything that promotes greener solutions.