I haven't played Doctor Who since I was 9 on the playground.

I'm not an extravagant man. The fact that I can have a coffee out whenever I want still makes me feel grateful.

I suppose I just like being arty. That's all. Arty.

I found American actors quite scary because they're brilliant actors and brilliantly funny, and they never stopped once you wound them up... off they went and they just deliver fantastic stuff.

One of the problems with episodic television of any color is that everything has got to be okay at the end of the episode so it can start again next week. So the events that occur are rarely life-changing. But with film, you can say that this thing only happened once; this is a major thing that happened to these people.

My family has to be very patient living with me, if you're playing a part that's not you. You have to get it right.

We had our British background of traditional theatre behind us.