Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and I'm not interested. Even the real monsters have to have a spark of something you can relate to.

Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that.

I would hate not to do a play every couple of years. I think it's not me.

Actors have to remind people that they can do different things, not just the same style of one role.

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.

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

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