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.

No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy.

Temperamentally I'm not a natural producer, because I don't have the patience.

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

Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.

You know, this idea of going around the world imposing democracy by growing a middle-class, a trading merchant class that is independent of your faith, is a good notion, but we're all partially different - it's no good imposing systems on people that it doesn't suit.

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