A cricket ball broke my nose when I was a kid so I couldn't breath through it. Before I had it operated on I used to stand on stage with my mouth slightly open.

I've done classical theaters. I played Hamlet myself and Romeo.

You never know when you're taking a job, ever... but you try to take good scripts. That's all you can do as an actor - take the best thing available. Even then, it's not [really] in your control. Certainly not in film and TV, because there are so many other elements. You just have to take control of your own performance.

In England we burnt redheads at the stake, because we thought they were witches. There are still young redheads in Britain getting ripped for having red hair. 'Oy, Ginger!'

It's an unfair comparison because when things are developed in the UK, they're developed at script stage only.

I love going for a swim. Growing up in England, anywhere with a pool seems like the height of glamour to me.

I think you can't be really posh and be an interesting actor. I'm a bit of a posh rough.