'Hamlet' is one of the most dangerous things ever set down on paper. All the big, unknowable questions like what it is to be a human being; the difference between sanity and insanity; the meaning of life and death; what's real and not real. All these subjects can literally drive you mad.

When I was at drama school, I wanted to change the world, and thought I had some great wisdom to impart to people about humanity. Now that I'm older, I know enough to realise that I know nothing at all.

I'm a big fan of vampire movies generally and that sort of tradition of characters.

My tragedy is that all I want is a dog, and yet I have been cursed with cats all my life.

I try not to pay any attention to clothes fascism and I'd rather be thought of as someone who has his own sense of style.

No matter how difficult things are, and no matter how much grief and loss there is, you can turn it into something positive.

I suppose I'm something of an eccentric dresser.