When I would knock about the town in London, I was doing it with my head down, walking very quickly and it had become the norm for me because I'm recognized there. And people are not unkind but occasionally there's a sort of British who do you think you are sort of, I don't really think I'm anybody. I just go about my normal day. But sometimes you're faced with that.

I've sort of done a play every four or five years I guess if I look back in my career. And I think that's good.

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.

I think theatre reminds us what we're doing as actors, because every night and every matinee day, you have an audience telling you what's working and what's not. And that's very good for us as actors to hone our skills.

I find politicians so desperately boring. I don't trust them and don't believe in them.

I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now, that would be interesting.

Everyone has to understand what we're saying to one another and there's no point in me thinking the line means this and the person I'm speaking to thinks it means something else. So there's a certain amount of analyzing of text that's of course necessary.