I usually play toffs and soldiers, with a sideline in mass murderers.

I absolutely love working with my dad because there is such an ease about it, and I also love his company.

I'm rather proud of having been a trainspotter.

Most good art is left wing. It's a moot point whether there is any good right-wing art.

The idea that if you are very clever you shouldn't be an actor would be laughable in Russia.

I did start reading quite young but I was always read to by my parents, who are both actors. Bedtime stories from when I was about two/three to when I was about 15. In fact they didn't stop until I eventually kind of kicked them out of my bedroom.

I am a coward, basically, but one of the things about acting is that you are always putting yourself through yet another test.