I think the corruption of power is very interesting, and I think the idea that power is something that... You know, when people want power, they're a certain individual. When people acquire power by accident, they're different again.

I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself. I like that journey of discovery.

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.

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

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.

You look at any war zone and you talk to any soldiers and they have to blank out - in order for that to work for them, in order for them to survive they have to blank out something in themselves in order to do it.

I love getting stuff, and if I give a present to someone and don't get one back, you can bet your life they won't be getting one next year.