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

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

I'm rather proud of having been a trainspotter.

Stamps from Afghanistan are hilarious. You can tell when the revolutions are because suddenly they stop having pictures of the mullahs and the independence monument and they start having fish on them.

We'll be back. I promise you that.

Im lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer theres ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow if I was only ever allowed one book to keep, and who never bores me.

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