If I'm Going To Appear

I'm Not An Actor Who Consciously Accesses Bits Of My Life, In Order To Play Parts. Obviously, You Don't Need To Have Been A Father To Play One, Otherwise Everyone Who's Been A Father Would Be Able To Act.

When People Warned Me There Would Be Long Periods Out Of Work If I Became An Actor, I Couldn't Keep A Straight Face Because That Was Exactly What I Had In Mind.

In The Street, People Talk To You About All Kinds Of Things, But By Far, The Most Number Of People Talk To Me About Love, Actually.

I Never Mind Doing Press; It's Never Bothered Me.

I Admire David Hare As Much As I Admire Certainly Any Writer Ever. What I Like About His Writing Is It Is Very Conscientiously, In One Way, An Attempt To Reproduce The Way People Actually Speak, But It's Not Just An Attempt At Naturalism. It's Stylised And It's Heightened, To Great Effect. It's Elegant And It's Funny And That's The Way To My Heart, Frankly.