But when you're a celebrity, you discover that you're no longer the pursuer, but the one being pursued. That's one of the disappointments I have had ….

Women are frightening. If you get to 41 as a man, you're quite battle-scarred..

I just don't believe in love at first sight any more, even though I've based my whole career on the concept..

You know everyone loves to be the villain..

I love in Notting Hill. You live in Beverly Hills. Everyone in the world knows who you are. My mother has trouble remembering my name..

My grandmother was utterly convinced I'd wind up as the Archbishop of Canterbury. And, to be honest, I've never entirely ruled it out..

There is space in the supermarket shelf for all of us..

Now [after doing Pilates], I have muscles of steel and could easily deal with giving birth..

I've always enjoyed sex scenes, though you're not really supposed to. The classic answer is, 'Oh, it's not sexy at all because there are so many tech….

I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact..

At home, I hardly ever leave London. I don't like the countryside in England..

Most actors really love it, that's what they want to do. They burn to do it. And so they'll read a script and think, that's an interesting part. And ….

I could do with more mobbing. Particularly from women. I'd like to be treated like Ricky Martin..

Plus, teaching brings home to you very fast that you actually know nothing. I didn't realize that before..

My dad used to have to open the second bottle of wine in the loo in case Mum heard the cork coming out..

I don't have any particular burning desire to go back to being cuddly. Not really..

And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee... It's the slave quality that I find very alluring..

Basically, my life is so boring, it's embarrassing..

And film acting is incredibly tedious, just by its nature. It's incredibly, mind numbingly slow..

I play the sort of character who would sell his grandmother for career advancement, something I've come across a lot with actors..

I quite like Pilates now. I have a Pilates girl in every city..