I like the idea of not everything happening between two human beings to be everyone's property.

I only really watch my own films, I don't watch any other films and I don't particularly like any other actors.

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.

On the one hand, we're constantly told about recycling and cutting back, and on the other hand we have to buy the next gadget that comes along three weeks after the last one you bought. It's absolutely insane. We've been suckered into buying and buying and upgrading and upgrading. We're being given two very different mantras at the moment, I think.

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

I think if you were known for playing something other than being a nice guy then people might be a little less likely to take liberties with you. If you are Ray Winstone, and people have seen you kick a few people to death, then they are a little less likely to approach you or whatever.

I don't think it was a surprise that I ended up as an actor, and it was anything but a disappointment.