I always like seeing people transforming themselves, in whatever way that might be, and a different accent is part of that.

I'm quite happy to leave it still feeling that way, leave it before it starts feeling like a job. ... I have such fond memories of watching 'Doctor Who' when I was a kid and growing up, that if I've left anybody anywhere with memories as fond, then I feel like I've done my job.

We seem to spend a lot of our time in very small spaces spouting a lot of dialogue very quickly.

I always like seeing people transforming themselves, in whatever way that might be, and a different accent is part of that.

I mean, you know, while I'm acting on stage I'm ranking quite high, but in a room with Barack Obama I'm probably into negative digits. I never feel very famous.

When you're playing a real person there's a balance between playing the person in the script and playing the person as he was in life. You have to be respectful and true to who that person was, but at the same time tell the story in the film.

How galling to watch someone who looks like you, who basically is you, do all the shagging you didn't get to do.