It's funny how a film about a murderous old English toff can help you.

I'm not that comfortable with actors receiving honours, partly because I think they ought to go to those who really help others.

I think we all have a selfish gene which rises to the top, sometimes. But then we're also all capable of a sudden magnanimity.

In today's politics, it would be good to have politicians who are more upfront about what they felt and actually not trying to bend with every breeze. They're infuriating, all of them.

If you're playing any real person, live or dead, you certainly have a responsibility to produce that reputation in some way.

In fact I'd like to go back and live in Shakespeare's London.

We've all got a black book of missed opportunities.