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

Honestly, I would not advise any actor necessarily, if he was really thinking of his career, to come out.

From my point of view, being out is not about anything political. It's just because I can't be bothered to be in.

I think marriage is ghastly.

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.

I'm not really a political animal but I am rather fascinated by the meltdown of England and America. In the end, it seems as if America might come out of it, but I'm not sure if England is ever going to recover.

You're not allowed to be an eccentric in the world, you have to fit it.