I did send a girl a plane ticket asking her for a visit, I guess that's quite romantic.

I don't know any family that doesn't have a story somewhere. Besides, it you didn't have those things in life, you'd be so bland.

I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack at doing that.

Being a gentleman is a worthy goal.

Everything you know, all the things that you thought were important, drift into the background. And even things that were important really come to the fore and he's one of them.

I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material.

I love it. I hate that word (fatherhood), but I love being a father; it's changed everything in so many ways.