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

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

Sweet Jesus, war does terrible things to people.

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.

You can't be angsty all day or else it becomes a sort of pale angst.

I like being able to go to the supermarket and go on the Tube and have an ordinary domestic life. I'd hate to have to protect myself. I'm quite lucky that I can carry on without any intrusions. I don't get given a hard time by anyone.

I see myself as a small 'l' liberal, but not coalition liberal, necessarily.