I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap.

I'm only stopped by people in uniform, whether it's customs people, janitors, or the FBI - they all watch The Wire. Sadly, beautiful, glamorous women don't know anything about it.

I went to America to get away from constantly being cast in costume dramas, playing posh people.

My mum's parents were from Ireland, my dad's mum was American-Irish.

I've hung out at dozens of playgrounds, bored out of my mind, with not even a look of comfort from disapproving mothers all around me. Either they think I'm a pedophile or a deadbeat dad. That's what I get for being a single dad - suspicious looks at the playground.

I'm a rather crude cook.

I've always wanted to play more comic parts.