A lot of the projects that I do, I like to be involved with earlier. I just feel that, certainly from an acting point of view, it's easier to do my job, if I'm included in what the intentions are, for why people are doing what they're doing, especially with a director.

I don't just like to have 1 take, but not too many. I think it is good to keep it alive.

I was not a very fearful kid, really.

I go home to London in between jobs, and in London, my life has nothing to do with the business. It's a family life, hanging with friends.

I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.

You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies.

Jewelery isn't really my thing, but I've always got my eye on people's watches.