I try to be fussy about the parts I play. I think that's quite prudent, it means you're stretching different muscles, and you're scaring yourself by ….

Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and I'm not intereste….

The actor in me would always like to be more dashing, or slimmer, or have nicer hair..

I've worried more and more as the years have gone on. The more you're seen to be doing well, the more stress there is. You feel you ought to consider….

I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly..

It must be odd, being recognizable. I would hate to lose that anonymity..

I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor..

I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do them, I switch off..

Actors have to remind people that they can do different things, not just the same style of one role..

There's always a concern as an actor that you'll be boring unless your character is swinging from a chandelier..

You never know how films are going to do and it is daunting if I think about it..

I did four or five years in telly, and by the end of it was drained. I was a bit sick of myself. I didn't feel like an actor anymore. That sounds sil….

People like to think that actors are terribly worried about ghosts of other actors in the parts they play. But you just have to get on with it..

Nobody's just arrogant. I've met people who are embattled and dismissive, but when you get to know them, you find that they're vulnerable - that that….

I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it, with the insecurities. Ther….

The security comes, as an actor, in knowing that you're not in control. If you try to control your career, or how people perceive you, you'll make yo….

I can't throw books away. My wife is always telling me to get rid of some..

Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that..

I would hate not to do a play every couple of years. I think it's not me..

As much as I long for a sort of security and consistency sometimes, I do enjoy sort of being busted around. I really don't know what's happening some….

I love TV and I love making films and I love doing plays. I feel very lucky to be able to do all three..