If my missus is there and she approves of the person I get to bite boobs - and necks.

Vampires are so old that they don't need to impress anyone anymore. They're comfortable in their own skin. It's this enigmatic strength that's very romantic and old-fashioned. I think it goes back to something of a Victorian attitude of finding a strong man who's going to look after his woman.

I didn't want to do film or commercials or television. That was cheap. That was selling out. I was the classic liberal, left-wing, 'Theater is going to change the world' kind of person. You know, very, very boring.

I think there are worse things for a teen to be enraptured with than 'Twilight.

I'm an English boy. I played a lot of sports growing up, but I never had any kind of workout regimen.

I was shocked the first time the paps got me in America - when a video camera is put in your face and you're asked questions and 15 people are walking backwards taking your picture. I was coming out of a pizza shop and had my daughter with me.

In London I had pear trees in my back garden, so I'd make my own pear and green tomato chutney.