Where does this guy's ambition go? That's very peculiar. I think he's a very disturbing person, I think he's a very disturbing politician. Personally, I feel his interest is a self-interest

When I came into the acting profession, it was quite hierarchical. You didn't sit at the same table as the leading actor. Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud... these were very, very intimidating and powerful people.

They’re called action scenes because they do the acting for you. You don’t have to act in action scenes.

In Shakespeare's day it was women who were being burned at the stake as witches... not men. The men were thought of as alchemists. But women doing the same thing would be a witch and would be burned.

You could build three hospitals with the cost of one film and I take that very seriously.

I have done film, television and theatre - all at a pretty substantial level - I don't think it's possible for American actors to do that.

Southend is a dormitory town for London. But it also had this thing of being the playground of the East End - a glamorous holiday town.