I did four or five years in telly, and by the end of it was drained. I was a bit sick of myself. I didn't feel like an actor anymore. That sounds silly, but when you're doing a play you're using different muscles, and it blew all the cobwebs away.

I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do them, I switch off.

No one will guide you in the right direction, in the end you have to learn for yourself. You have to grow up yourself.

I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I feel the same now. I get nervous, then it's fine.

I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor.

I can't throw books away. My wife is always telling me to get rid of some.

It's a real skill to be able to publicise yourself.