People come up to me and they're usually nice, but as it goes on you realise that some people aren't nice. Some people are not nice at all.

I don't know why I get cast in a lot of period pieces. Stephen Fry told me that I had a face for period, that I look like someone from 1920.

That's the main thing that attracts me - characters who have big journeys. I like playing those people.

The better the script is the more you can commit, but you can only really commit with full confidence when you know the material is as strong as your level of commitment to it and it frees you up.

Distance is a bad excuse for not having a good relationship with somebody. It's the determination to keep it going or let it fall by the wayside; that's the real reason that the relationships continue.

Kids audience is a brilliant audience. If you've got an audience of adults standing up and clapping, or you've got an audience of kids standing up and clapping, I know which one I'd choose.

Passing my motorcycle theory test gave me a disproportionate feeling of greatness.