When I look back at my past and the way I grew up, I grew up on communes. That was meant to be.

Anyone that knows me knows what I'm about, and I'm very much a British actor, a European actor.

I don't want to be a luvvie actor. It took a long time for me to accept I was an actor, a professional actor, and that, actually, I make a living out of this.

My dad was rubbish at all other aspects of his financial life, but he's pretty good at paying the rent.

I used to be a rabid reader, but now it's scripts or nothing - network television is quite relentless, and you can't drop the ball.

I love sci-fi because it leads in the imagination, and I always say it has the most intelligent fans in the world.

I've really enjoyed my work in television, but the problem for me is the turnover of directors every week.