I like being in kids' movies, and I like being in family movies..

I have never owned a computer. I am one of those weirdos. I've never needed a computer. I'm lucky that I have a job where I'm not required to use one..

One of my great regrets, and I don't have many, is that I spent too long putting people's status and reputation ahead of their more important qualiti….

I guess part of the hit-man appeal is the solitude. Everybody is lured to the idea of the solitary life..

Often in America people would assume that [as an English actor] you've had some sort of deep, classical training, or that you're a Shakespeare enthus….

I'm crazy about James Brown. I'm crazy about soul music. And then the blues. Rhythm and blues..

I don't dislike the process of animation... I find it daunting, but only as much as I find everything daunting..

Emma Watson is adorable in the extreme. She is such a lovely person..

One is that you legislate according to natural selection, the other is that you don't. You have compassion, you try and help people. It's a fundament….

I've always slightly worried the kids who play football around my house. They know I'm an actor, but felt sorry for me because they'd never seen anyt….

When you've been going on about something for a while, it is always satisfying to discover that other people agree with you..

I did pick up a guitar once, but the strings hurt my fingers so I put it down again..

I don't seem to be able to learn from experience or anything useful. History doesn't help me. Precedents don't inform my experience..

You tell yourself that you're not auditioning but of course you work like crazy, and you prepare like mad. And you think, "Well, I won't get that job….

You can ruin your life wanting to be an actor..

I'm not famous for my back story investigations; I'm lucky that I work with good writers and it's usually in the script..

It's more than usually possible that I won't do a play again. But Skylight is one of the great plays in the English language. I was lucky enough to b….

The degree of notoriety I have is fine and easy. There's nothing hysterical about it..

I hardly even leave my own house..

I don't even own a car..

I have nothing against romanticism. I'm all for it. I'm helpless in the face of romance..