A lot of straight actors are actively searching for gay roles because it is something different to do.

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

I smell of sweat. I don't like people smelling of all these weird things. I think deodorant is disgusting.

The opulence of Wilde is a bit too florid for Sherlock, who is a much darker character, ... fascinated by the human condition, but also overwhelmed by it.

I'm a gay man who came from the last years of illegality. That focused my whole character. I think it focused everyone's character in a way. You saw yourself as outside of the main structure.

The thing about lying is, it is quite exhausting - you have to remember a lot.

Why are men talking about what clothes they're wearing? It's so unmanly, I think. It's like Versailles before the Revolution, without the style.