Holmes has become the dark side of the moon for me. He is moody and solitary and underneath I am really sociable and gregarious. It has all got too dangerous.

The most important thing when you're working with greatness is to learn from it, not challenge it.

They are a great essay in male friendship, which has gone now. Men's friendship has been debased. One of the lovely things about Holmes and Watson is that they do have this great platonic relationship.

I meditate and do yoga. I sit cross-legged and try not to levitate too much.

The provocation with Holmes is the fact that he's described by Doyle as a man without a heart - all brain... and that's very difficult to play, or even indicate.

I'm not looking and I don't go hunting. I'm the type who's got to be found.

I think the greatest star in American at the moment is Kevin Costner.