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.

I learned about life before I went into the theater, which is why I've been so happy. I was a soldier.

I regard the theater as a woman I loved dearly who treated me like dirt.

As an actor, I'll play anything.

I'd never been in one of those great big blockbusters.

I'm looking for me to disappear, and the acting to disappear, and all you see is a real person.

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