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.

My circle of friends are not actors at all. None of them are actors, really, because they're are not available. They're always off somewhere.

I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen.

The Quiet American is anti the people who took them into the Vietnam War.

I wear a baseball cap all the time, which I would never normally wear, and I walk very fast.

By the time the Oscars are on I'll be seventy. How many more chances am I going to have to get nominated for an Oscar?