I am a theatre actor, but the last ten years I've taken parts in movies because it keeps me in money.

Like a heartbeat. Something inside me. Some dream. I think it's being a dreamer as a child. Dreamy kids become actors, don't they?

Oh yeah, I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays.

I just hate the idea of being well known. I know that is almost impossible if you're an actor who has done okay, but I've always fought against it.

I belong to quite a lot of learned societies. We collect firearms and discuss them at dinners and clubs and things.

Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me.

There are some actors who are rehearsal actors, and some who are not. I am not. Having said that, I don't know what I am talking about.