A room full of great sportsmen is so much better than a room full of actors.

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.

There's certainly a huge element of luck in me ending up where I've ended up.

Very often on films, even without a producer credit, I'll be involved, very early on. I want to be there as the thing is taking shape.

I can't remember ever being involved in a fight in a movie where I haven't done most of it.

There's not a big gun culture in England at all still.

I've done a number of things based on real people or true stories or based on books, and I'm a great believer that you have to be true to the script.