My wife comes with me on all the movies, but she is not an appendage to a film star or anything like that. She is a completely intertwined partner. She is the other half of me. Also, we're still very much in love with each other. We always have been, we always will be.

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

There's quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful.

Nobody's a criminal to himself. I never play a criminal like a bad person.

Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.

The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.

I spent my life in the library reading books.