I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting.

In my industry, everybody wants to know everything about you, and its just dumb. I think the only way of maintaining some of that mystique is by not giving away too much about yourself. It has served me well so far. I never want to feel up for grabs.

It sounds ideal, a sort of beach childhood. But it wasn't really. I didn't use the beach very much at all.

My roots are still in Britain, that's where I live, that's the place where I come from.

It's difficult to keep in touch with someone when you're moving around all the time. I've decided that you can have it all, but you can't have it all, all of the time.

You can have a laugh in Los Angeles, or you can weep in Los Angeles, depending on your attitude towards it.

My phrase has always been that I am looking for the versatility of theatre in film. I think I have been quite lucky in that so far.