There have been times I've finished a big job and thought, 'Great, a couple of weeks off.' But then a couple of weeks turns to three weeks and then after a month you're staring at the phone willing it to ring.

Baldness is visually enough of a stigma as it is without a big sweaty bloke on stage pointing it out.

Class still matters in Britain today.

For the greater good, I thought I should be a spiritual leader for people for some reason.

My forte is playing drunks down the ages. When my agent rings me about a role, I don't ask what the part is, but what century it's in.

I've got my finger in a lot of pies.

Writing a book about yourself is like therapy, and you go 'Oh My God, that's the reason that happened.' Writing about it, you're forced to really examine things.