If you play a part that's been done before, on stage for instance, you feel like you're carrying a torch and staggering under the weight of it for a bit and then passing it on to somebody else.

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

What did my parents say when I told them I wanted to be an actor? 'Be a plumber.'

Most actors are socialists, aren't they?

If you play a part that's been done before, on stage for instance, you feel like you're carrying a torch and staggering under the weight of it for a bit and then passing it on to somebody else.

We'll be back. I promise you that.

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