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 was a mod when I was a kid. I'd be in Italian pencil-leg trousers with those bowling shoes you wear outside and a Fred Perry polo shirt with a V-neck sweater. It was like an Essex uniform - a very specific look.

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.

I love the fact you can walk down a street in London and get lost, even though you've lived here 20 years.

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

Conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are.