I just love to go home, no matter where I am, the most luxurious hotel suite in the world, I love to go home.

I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well mannered and cold but we are not cold - we don't interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don't scream in your face with tears - we go home and cry on our own.

There is no point in competing with young talent...I just concentrate on getting better each day.

When I was 6 my father went to fight in the war, so he was my big hero. I thought he was the greatest thing.

As an actor, my attitude towards using of film versus digital is, if you have film, filmmakers have to cut eventually so you don't have to learn all that dialogue. With digital, they can just go on forever and it's a nightmare. So, I like film - nice short takes.

I've had such a great time, I'd like to come back as me - and do it all over again.

Wherever I live, if there isn't a restaurant I want to go to of a certain type, then I open it. That's all. For selfish reasons.