My house is very clean apart from a very small part of it that looks as if we've been burgled, which is my office.

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.

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

We have one life and we should cherish it and make it the best we can.

'Evil' is quite a blanket term. People aren't the demonic characters we would like them to be sometimes.

I'm not a perfectionist at all. I find perfectionists boring because the real creative heart is in the mess somewhere.

When you are an actor, rejection and disappointment are an occupational hazard.