There’s an Iago and a Romeo within all of us. There is that lover, and there is that sociopath.

I wonder what the world would be like if everybody walked their talk; if word was married with deed; promises delivered by action.

Vietnam is absolutely breathtaking. I've never been to that part of the world before and it is an area of such natural beauty.

Having seen what I've seen in South Sudan, there's no way I can't talk about it.

My father and I used to tussle about me becoming an actor. He's from strong, Presbyterian Scottish working-class stock, and he used to sit me down and say, 'You know, 99 percent of actors are out of work. You've been educated, so why do you want to spend your life pretending to be someone else when you could be your own man?'

Make sure you tell the people you love that you love them. Loudly and often. You never know when it might be too late.

It’s always about, somehow, finding a part of myself that is relevant, and then turning the volume up on that particular part. So, I am all of the characters I've ever played, and I am none of them at the same time.