If I have a weakness, it's for timepieces - if I see one I like and can afford it, I'll buy it.

I didn't even watch the soaps when I was in them because it's like a coal miner coming home and staring at the coal scuttle - I was never a great lover of watching myself act.

When I was an actor, I was part of a team, which I loved. You are a part inside something which is larger.

Some bosses believe they can't afford to employ someone legitimately - so they employ them illegally.

When the weather's good, there's no better place to be than the British countryside.

A day in Afghanistan is like a week at home.

I do dream about Afghanistan. I wake up and think I'm still there.