I certainly identify with the role of mentor and, to some degree, maybe teacher. I do a lot of work with kids at the Old Vic.

Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higher the fences get.

The journey that we go on as actors is an interesting one and sometimes a revealing one.

Theres nothing like standing in a place and wanting nothing so much as to change but simply not being able to.

I'm not out there trying to get press for myself nor am I trying to convince anybody that I'm living any kind of a life. I'm actually trying to convince people: I don't want you to know what I'm living, because it's none of your business.

I dont play villainy. I wouldnt even know how to play it.

I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman.