I wouldn't make an anti-American film. I'm one of the most pro-American foreigners I know. I love America and Americans.

If someone is very upper-class, you have a stereotype of him which is probably true. If someone has a working-class accent, you have no idea who you're talking to.

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

I try to make everyone around me feel comfortable.

I come from the slums; I come from a hard background; I come from a poor family; and I was a soldier.

Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you've had a life like mine, you have to.

We can only use British actors because everybody's got to talk exactly the same.