You could say I'm a mod, but with a small 'm'; I don't wear a parka, but I do question what I wear and what I listen to, which is what it's all about.

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.

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

Your job, as an actor, is never to just do what you're told. That's boring, and life is too short. It's your job to bring something, and it will either be to other people's taste or your own taste, and you have to try things out. Actors say, "Well, as long as the director's happy," but I don't believe that and I don't agree with that. I want the director to be happy, but if I'm not happy, I won't sleep at night.

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

I can spot someone with similar fashion sense to me a mile off.

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