I had a very good English teacher who said to me that she thought I ought to do it. She - I don't know, she saw something thank goodness because I think if it hadn't been encouraged by somebody that serious, I'm not sure what would've happened to me.

My career is chequered. Then I think I got pigeon-holed in humour; Shakespeare is not my thing.

Try not to cry too much because it can be pretty heart-breaking and pretty hard.

If someone is going to talk about the process of making a film, it should be the director.

The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.

I had no idea that that was around in the family anywhere. Maybe it never was. But - so they broke the way for me, if you know what I mean. I have no idea where I got the idea from to do what I do. But I think they - Ian and Alistair, my brothers kind of opened a lot of doors for me onto the world - you know, made it seem to be a very, very interesting place.

An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me to be.