Liverpool will always be my home.

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 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 actors think every job will be their last.

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 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.

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