It's like coming back to the womb. I'm coming back to my mum and it's wonderful to see her. It's the best space in the world. If it wasn't for this p….

I was born and bred a Catholic. I was brought up a very strong Catholic - I practiced in a seminary for four years, from eleven to fourteen, and trai….

I exercise every morning without fail. One eyelid goes up and the other follows..

At the end of the day, acting is all about telling lies. We are professional imposters and the audience accept that. We've made this deal that we tel….

I like playing characters that are complex, that are intriguing, that come from left field, that do things that are unexpected. I don't like people w….

I couldn't imagine living my life with another name..

When I made a breakthrough as an actor, people started to say, 'Who's that bloke with the funny name?' They advised me to change it, saying it would ….

I'm not a practicing Catholic now. I didn't like what the church was doing with what Jesus had said, in a way. But I wouldn't say I'm not religious..

Whenever I get a good script, I don't care whether it's telly or theatre or big screen - I'm not bothered..

I refuse to be typecast, and I'll have a go at anything so long as it's different, challenging, hard work and demands great versatility..

There are bound to be deniers. Whenever you set up a thesis there's bound to be somebody who comes the opposite way …like Holocaust deniers..

Truth is I thought it mattered. I thought that music mattered. But does it? Bollocks! Not compared to how people matter..