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

Shakespeare wrote all there is that we need to know about dementia in 'King Lear.

I actually wanted to be a writer long before I wanted to be an actor.

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

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

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

To live another person's life is quite a weird thing.