My wife's French. I mean I speak a bit of French but I've lived amongst French, you know, most of my adult life.

The other two things are... well, I had a huge appetite for old black and white movies on BBC 2. At the weekends they used to run matinees, and the more romantic the better.

I have worked with a lot of great directors but my favorites are all entirely different from one another. They don't go about it the same way.

What matters most with any regimen, whether it's to lose weight or stop drinking or smoking, is your willingness to seek help and your desire to say 'no more.

Of course I voted for him. He wasn't a politician; he was a craze.

...as an actor there`s nothing better than a great moody moment to play with nothing to say. It`s so much easier to do because you can really get inside your head.

Actors don't like to read what they're supposed to do.