I know there are some actors who are just brilliant at improvising and brilliant at just being in the moment and doing it there and then. I'm not one of those actors.

As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.

It's interesting - an actor's research is different to just historian's research. I'm looking for things that I can actually physically use in the movie.

I'm determined not to lose my name. It's who I am. It has neither aided my progress nor hampered it. It's just who I am.

As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.

Actors, to a certain extent, never grow up, you see. It's an extension of being out in the back yard with a stick, only you're being paid to do it. It's borderline madness.