It must be odd, being recognisable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. It happened for a while with 'Spooks.' No one notices me now..

No one will guide you in the right direction, in the end you have to learn for yourself. You have to grow up yourself..

You'd never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who's played it before you..

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..

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….

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

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

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

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

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

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….

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 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..