I used to love Danish. My father used to make a Boston cream pie. You never see that anymore.

Sometimes things work out, sometimes they don't. I never know how successful a movie is going to be - when you make a movie you're always hoping for the best.

An actor really is a kind of intermediary between an audience and the piece, whether it's a play or movie.

In England, and all over Europe, and all over the world, actors act until they die. They get old, really old, and they're still working. They just keep doing it.

I've always been a character actor, although I'm not quite sure what that means. All my scripts are absolutely covered in notes, so any time I say anything - even 'pass the salt' - I have six subtexts, comments on what I really mean when I'm saying that. Maybe that's what gives the impression that I'm saying one thing and thinking something else.

I'm not sure I'd write a good cookbook, but I might make a good cooking show.

I'm better off not socializing. I make a better impression if I'm not around.