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

Revenge doesn't stop.

I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.

I've got to be high class... Which is sad, because I like bars.

I'm not James Bond. There's your headline! It's very clear to me that he's the furthest from my character that it's possible to be. It's somebody I play.

Nothing is stopping me from doing anything. I haven't got a golden handcuff.

hen Baillie [Walsh, writer and director] wrote the movie for me I wasn't doing what I'm doing today, so when we actually came to make the movie it seemed silly to change it. But who knows? That's the way things go. What was interesting for me - and what was always interesting in the script - was that you've got someone who appears to have everything, or at least has the opportunity to have everything, and he's f**ked it up, or lost it.