I dont want to just play gay characters, ... I think it would get boring to play the same thing again and again and again.

The fact is that you could not be, and still cannot be, a 25-year-old homosexual trying to make it in the British film business or the American film business or even the Italian film business. It just doesn't work and you're going to hit a brick wall at some point.

I don't think many actors are that good, to be honest. I certainly don't think I am.

Listen, in England people are already writing their memoirs at the age of 23.

I am at that age when you panic at the slightest thing.

The interesting thing about Sherlock is that he is himself a reflection of that very English duality. As a drug addict, he is a criminal. But he is also a crime fighter. That makes him an extremely potent character to personify the hypocrisy of a culture that is both moralistic and corrupt.

I'm miserable: that's why I have such a bad back, because I'm endlessly stressing out about my career.