I'm in four different films this year, and I have four different accents. I sound different in every film. You have to love a character to play it well, and change in my work is what I want.

I never go anywhere without my iPod.

Every actor I think has got their own number of takes that they like, you know. Some actors like to go all day, you know on the one scene and some actors want to take two takes. I personally like four.

In troubled times the last thing you want to do is to stick your money into a film. It's such a gamble.

I loved cinema while growing up and, for the longest time, wanted to be a director.

Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I am a very patriotic guy, in terms of my Scottishness and my roots.

Early days, I was a bit racked , particularly when I did Hitler, for CBS . That was hellish. That stayed with me for quite a long time.