Just because I have made a point of never losing my accent it doesn't mean I'm an eel-and-pie yob.

I never look back at all. All of my sentiment and emotion goes into my family. I'm an extremely family oriented person and I have a very, very happy family life. That doesn't just include blood relations. I have friends who are close to me.

I sit waiting for things that I can't refuse.

Great acting is about listening to what they are saying ....not waiting to deliver your lines.

80 percent of any gang is not there to attack someone. They're there so no one will attack them.

The first thing I'll do if I want to look really crappy is, I don't wear any makeup at all.

To me, 'Educating Rita' is the most perfect performance I could give of a character who was as far away from me as you could possibly get and of all the films I have ever been in, I think it may be the one I am most proud of.