I'm not a betting man, and even if I was, I certainly wouldn't bet on this! I would not bet on the Best Actor.

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

I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.

Since I was 19, I've had the most fun possible every single day, even when I had a rough life. It was the army which taught me about life, and the theater which taught me how good it could be.

I had been nine years in the theatre and hadn't had massive success. My only thing was I wanted to be an actor and I didn't care when, where, or how much for.

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.

I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.