No English director would've cast me as an officer, I promise you. Not one.

A lot of people said, Who do you think you are? I told them I know exactly who I am and I'll tell you exactly where I'm going.

I always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.

At age 11, I went to a Jewish school. I speak Yiddish. I'm Church of England Protestant. My father was Catholic, and my mother was Protestant. My wife is a Muslim.

I had been nine years in the theatre and hadn't had massive success. My only thing was I wanted to be an actor and I didn't care when, where, or how much for.

I've done my job and I've got the picture out there, and I'm very happy with it.

I feel that I helped the working class by just saying there are no barriers, which I consider to be true.