There is, come to think of it, a kind of Judi Dench quality to McCain.

Doing a film and saying, I've done a really dark film and now I have to do a comedy... That's not me. If a script comes along and it's dark I'll absolutely do it and take the consequences. I'm not fussed about the image that goes along with it.

I don't see the world in sexual divisions.

As a kid, I kind of spent my life being amazed by being tricked. I love being tricked. I still love it today.

I have never played a role in which someone's dark side shouldn't be explored.

I'm definitely not satisfied about my career. I don't know how you can be, it's the very nature of things.

I’m potentially worth a lot of money, but I’ve got to go and make something that’s worth a lot of money.