I'm doing the next Batman. I have to become obsessed about what is offered to me.

Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.

If you put someone on screen long enough, they become the hero.

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

I'm forever testing myself. As a person and as an actor, I have no sense of competition.

I don't meet stockbrokers or carpenters or coal miners; I spend all day with actors, composers and photographers.

I spent my entire time reading books and going to the cinema, just to escape.