Occupation: Actor Birth: June 21, 1964
I think when you don't know where you stand with someone, they can surprise you in their goodness and their badness, and that makes them human..
I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself. I like that journey of discovery..
I like to act because I can forget about everything else..
I think I’m quite a lazy person, actually. If I’m not careful, I could just stay in bed all day..
Liverpool has always made me brave, choice-wise. It was never a city that criticised anyone for taking a chance..
I'd really like to get on a Greyhound bus and go backpacking across America..
I'm not a perfectionist at all. I find perfectionists boring because the real creative heart is in the mess somewhere..
In all honesty, we all want our fantasy selves to be the best people. We all think in a time of crisis, we will react heroically and with humanity..
When you are an actor, rejection and disappointment are an occupational hazard..
You want people to identify with the person on the screen or in the theater, but you don't want them to identify with you as a person..
I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library..
I'm a massive fan of Brit Art in general and Damien Hirst in particular. I think he's an absolute genius and should be celebrated in every way..
We have one life and we should cherish it and make it the best we can..
It's always good to find out what you don't want to do..
Savannah is amazing with the town squares and the hanging moss and the French Colonial houses. It's brutally romantic..
You look at any war zone and you talk to any soldiers and they have to blank out - in order for that to work for them, in order for them to survive t….
I couldn't think of anything worse than going to a fancy dress party. So, if somebody invited me to one, I'd go as the Invisible Man and not turn up..
'Evil' is quite a blanket term. People aren't the demonic characters we would like them to be sometimes..
Nothing is my guiltiest pleasure. I love it. I love doing it. I love planning to do it, I love loafing and pottering and chilling and daydreaming..
Liverpool will always be my home..
All actors think every job will be their last..