I buy DVDs. I don't really buy CDs unless they're for other people.

Disappointment is an endless wellspring of comedy inspiration.

What makes Shakespeare eternal is his grasp of psychology. He knew how to nail stuff about us as human beings.

Every actor is riddled with insecurity, of course. But weirdly, I don't really find that I'd be daunted with taking on roles or anything.

Benedict (Cumberbatch, who is playing Sherlock) looks amazing. He's still got a Sherlockian silhouette, with a large overcoat, but in a classic cut. Watson dresses with an urban elegance, a touch of old school dashing, giving a feeling of both the military and medical profession. I suppose it's something they have in common as well. They're a bit metrosexual.

I have a very extreme state of mind. Things are very black or very white.

I've been doing interviews for years, and in all that time, I've virtually never read one and gone, 'Yep, factually and tonally that's exactly what happened.' Pretty much never.