I quoted David Hare one of his lines the other day to illuminate whatever point we were trying to make in the conversation, and I said 'What play was….

In life, if you have an enthusiasm for what they call 'good manners,' sometimes people don't quite believe you. I've had that once or twice before, w….

To be serious, the things you really want to relive are things like bedtime with your daughter when she becomes incredibly entertaining 'cause she do….

One of the great regrets of my life is that I smoked. If I could say anything to anybody starting out in life it would be, 'Whatever you do, don't sm….

There is something, yeah, I mean traditionally it's more fun to play bad guys than it is good guys and when you're playing a bad guy, yeah, the fun i….

Anti-Semitism and Fascism have a long, mysterious, bewildering, poisonous and vile history and it's not exclusive to the Germans..

I'm one of those weird people who doesn't even own a computer..

All actors who have been around for a long time, which I have, and have been skint for long periods, which I have, find it difficult to turn down job….

When I do a play, it's like agreeing to be ill for a couple of months..

I'm relaxed naked as long as there is no one else there. I speed up past mirrors..

When it comes to casual clothing, my enthusiasm for clothes starts to waver..

It's probably healthier to find fame later in life..

From my point of view, it's very refreshing to play a regular human being and not someone from another dimension. When I say "not act," what I mean i….

I have no memory, any at all, of actually performing the play, no recall in terms of the lines. I can't tell you any line from any play I've ever don….

I wanted to be a journalist, I thought it was glamorous and that I'd meet beautiful women in the rain..

Anyone who can do the splits and come back up on the backbeat, as James Brown and Prince can, has my eternal respect. Prince, who is a genius of the ….

I love playing half squid/half crab guy because you can get away with a level of acting that if you tried it anywhere else they'd arrest you for crim….

I'm lucky that I get to play a wide variety of parts..

I don't want to associate myself with any specific group of politicians..

One of the things that is assumed about actors is that they are extrovert, which is almost never the case, in my experience..

I never mind doing press; it's never bothered me..