I don't find the life in Hollywood all that meaningful or inspiring.

In the case of two actors connecting with each other and trusting each other, our bodies have memories without us having to consciously think about it, so rather than think, "Oh, I must think about my daughter dying," you just let that go and trust that you have all the emotions you need in there, and by losing yourself in the scene, that stuff kicks in without having to spend the day thinking about horrific things happening to your own child.

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.

A lot of the times when I've auditioned for parts in America, the answer is, 'Sorry, we need a bigger name.'

For a culture that has such a problem with death, we seem to deal with it in a quite bizarre way. We see people shot, killed and blown up, and we find it funny and sexy and all those things. But, the reality of it is that every day people die, and people are really sad and they grieve and they go through a really difficult process with it.

Americans are much more open than people in Britain.

Although my family - parents and sister - all work in the personnel management business, their real passion is performing, amateur operatic societies and so on.