When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right.

I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.

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

What it is is that comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write. Anyone can write, and then you leave it to special effects to make it look good. But comedy, you've got to do some writing.

I spent 30 years of my life not being wanted at all for films.

Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser

I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen.