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.

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

I cling to the fantasy that I could have done something more creative. Like actually writing a script, or writing a book. But the awful truth is that I... probably can't!

I find it hard to understand why Scorsese has never called. You know, given the natural menace I bring to the screen.

My grandmother was utterly convinced I'd wind up as the Archbishop of Canterbury. And, to be honest, I've never entirely ruled it out.

Basically, my life is so boring, it's embarrassing.

I don't have any particular burning desire to go back to being cuddly. Not really.