Artists probably should have some impenetrable aspects of themselves.

Jesus is absolutely at the centre of Western civilisation and part of my fascination with him is, why? What is it about this particular man and his story?

Like many Catholics, I was very affected by the personality of Jesus and that impression, pious as it was, has stayed with me.

I went to Queen's University Belfast and stayed nine months, then I ran away to be an actor.

Everything that we have gone through, are going through, and will go through is there in Shakespeare. It is all of human life.

I've come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting.

I hated Sundays when I was growing up in Streatham, south London. Everything closed down and stopped.