All I can do is just do what I can do and not be hampered by knowing that some people won't like it.

Most actors are either a shower of bloody scruffs or think they should dress like Hamlet off stage.

The one thing I've found is that someone always knows more than you do, including your babies. There are loads of things people presume I know about that I don't.

The great thing about getting older is that you learn not to care about being cool. I'm happy with who I am, I know what I like and I can't see myself changing… not for a little while, at least.

You don't want your children to look at you like you are anything special other than their dad.

I would wear a full-length cape if I could get away with it - I do love a good swirl in a fog.

I love that pre-mod jazz look of the late Fifties, the Steve McQueen style that influenced the British modernists.