My mother gave me a real kick toward cooking, which was that if I wanted to eat, I'd better know how to do it myself.

I know what I like in other actors: truth. That's the best. It makes you say, 'OK, I'll go with you on this.'

A secret is a secret in my mind.

Suits are looked at more now as a business thing which is kind of a shame. If you're not wearing it just for work, you should try and trick it up a bit.

I never had any boyhood ambitions.

As far as I'm concerned, the sexiness, the sex symbol, it's not a consideration.

Every movie I get involved with I get involved in as big a level as I possibly can, but this has been a very much more personal journey for me, so bringing it here tonight there's a sense of relief, there's a sense of just amazement that got here... because it's been a struggle. But this is a good way to launch it and there couldn't be a better way of celebrating this movie than bringing it to the West End.