Women are frightening. If you get to 41 as a man, you're quite battle-scarred.

Plus, teaching brings home to you very fast that you actually know nothing. I didn't realize that before.

But when you're a celebrity, you discover that you're no longer the pursuer, but the one being pursued. That's one of the disappointments I have had since becoming a single man.

I've always enjoyed sex scenes, though you're not really supposed to. The classic answer is, 'Oh, it's not sexy at all because there are so many technicians standing around.' But I've always found them extremely arousing.

At home, I hardly ever leave London. I don't like the countryside in England.

I think that's the whole point of Bridget Jones. It's all about that it's okay to fail.

And film acting is incredibly tedious, just by its nature. It's incredibly, mind numbingly slow.