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

I look ridiculous in a three-piece suit - I'm too fat.

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

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

I'm a rather crude cook.

No, I don't think 'The Wire' screwed up my career at all. It's the only reason people have heard of me. It's only been a huge, huge, very fortunate bonus.