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

Somebody referred to me as a ringleader, which I wouldn't have classed myself as, but anyway, there you go.

I'm so boring that press kind of leave me alone now. People will believe what they want to believe anyway.

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

Our press is the most disgusting in the world.

It makes me feel resilient when you tackle different things.

I like people to be surprised by the turn of events. I don't want things just to be pat and formulaic. If there's some sort of internal combustion in the character or a desire to change the way things are going, that makes for conflict, which is the essence of drama.