Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.

It’s a lesson in life—don’t look back, you’ll trip over.

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 spent my life in the library reading books.

You're your first best audience, long before anybody else hears you. So don't be an easy audience. Keep asking for more.

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.

We should vote for the welfare of the country, not for the welfare of the party.