My idea of a holiday was following my family up the hill with my pekinese, who would skip over the heather in front of me.

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

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

You cannot be politically correct in a war.

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

What's happened to humour? We're becoming American. Everyone gets so angry over everything.