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

In the end, there's something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain me on an intellectual level.

I don't believe Jesus was the son of God, although I'm inclined to think he might have been a great prophet.

Of course the lower classes have always felt downtrodden and aspired to a better life. But there is this theory that people respond to a class structure in England - there was a time when people knew who they were and knew whom they served and as long as management wasn't abusive, it was a good life for people.

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.

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.

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