No matter how big a name you are, how many big series you've been in or how good looking you are, in the end, all actors are secondary to the writer.

Many times I've sat with a camera and another actor and seen all their fears and insecurities and struggles. You want to support them and help them as much as you can.

I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal.

I love my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because the standard villain is upper class or Cockney. My Northern accent would be an odd clash opposite Nic Cage.

What goes down on film is different to what you see with the naked eye.

I wasn't always such a great fan of Shakespeare, mind you. I can guess we all at one time had it rammed down our necks at school, which tends to take the edge off it.

Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral.