Yes, years of compromise and disappointment have added depth to my acting.

Id like an omelet named after me.

When I left drama school, my fear was that I'd get pigeon holed into comic acting and I did so much to counter it that I got stuck in the opposite.

Ive always believed very, very strongly that the way you treat people is more important than anything, professionally or otherwise.

Don't die with a bottle of champagne in your fridge.

My feelings about my mortality are less selfish than they used to be. I used to affect a cavalier attitude to death; now I see it from my son's perspective.

I wasnt a model schoolboy. Of course, I was forced to sit through Shakespeare and I really got into some of it, though it depended on who was reading it out.