I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.

I don't know what it is about me, but I don't think of myself as sexy; I never have.

I defy any woman that doesn't feel more elegant and more groomed and ready for an evening than if you have a blow dry.

When you're acting, you're escaping and hiding behind something. It's cliched to say, but there's a safety there.

I will normally eat about seven or eight mince pies in one sitting. Sometimes, I can get to double figures. My friends, and probably most people, stop at two, so they probably dislike me a bit for it.

I actually love doing period pieces, purely because it takes you into a different world, mentally. The clothes you have to wear are so far from our everyday clothes that it immediately helps with the character and putting you in that mind frame.

I have to be careful not to do so many comedy airhead roles from now on. I've turned down a couple already.