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

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

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 admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around.

If you're a movie star, you get the girl, you lose the girl, and then you get her back. But if you're a character like me, you lose the girl, then you get another one, then you get another one, then you lose them all, then you lose your life.

Am I a car aficionado? No: for me, cars have always been just for transport. I didn't even know anyone who had a car until I was 14 or 15.

The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.