I think when you don't know where you stand with someone, they can surprise you in their goodness and their badness, and that makes them human.

I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library.

Liverpool will always be my home.

All actors think every job will be their last.

Nothing is my guiltiest pleasure. I love it. I love doing it. I love planning to do it, I love loafing and pottering and chilling and daydreaming.

All my good friends are actors, really. It's different when you have a family, but they're still the people I meet most often. My best friend is Ian Hart, but then I've known him since I was five.

I couldn't think of anything worse than going to a fancy dress party. So, if somebody invited me to one, I'd go as the Invisible Man and not turn up.