I've always had a 'Work hard, play hard' attitude to life - I still do - but sometimes you get involved in something that needs a calm, methodical approach.

It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do.

My heroes were all in the theatre.

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.

I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.

Theres something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.

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