We should vote for the welfare of the country, not for the welfare of the party.

Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.

The three actors I admire the most are all dead. Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy and the French actor, Jean Gabin. They're all very natural, sort of masculine without being overly macho.

In film, other actors' performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn't giving you what you want, act as though he were.

Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award.

I love the start of autumn when the trees in my garden change the colour of their leaves in one last dazzling display.

That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn't be any acting. You should just be watching a real person.