My mum never understood how much I earned. When I told her I earned a million pounds a film, she said, 'How much is that?'

The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.

I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.

I'm a sort of boy next door. If that boy has a good scriptwriter.

I don't want to sound like Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells, but I do think there should be some sort of national service for young men.

I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

Wherever I live, if there isn't a restaurant I want to go to of a certain type, then I open it. That's all. For selfish reasons.