I just don't believe in love at first sight any more, even though I've based my whole career on the concept.

Now [after doing Pilates], I have muscles of steel and could easily deal with giving birth.

Most actors really love it, that's what they want to do. They burn to do it. And so they'll read a script and think, that's an interesting part. And because they love acting, that blinds them to the fact that the rest of it is pretentious nonsense, which it very often is.

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

I play the sort of character who would sell his grandmother for career advancement, something I've come across a lot with actors.

I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact.