Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor's trade.

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

I need my friends, I need my house, I need my garden.

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

I'm not someone who can lie on a beach and do nothing. I am not sure what you are supposed to do, so I get bored. I prefer to have a purpose, such as going to Alaska to see orca whales.

Our press is the most disgusting in the world.

And there's no way I'm going to do Dame Edna.