Acting was a way of me finding myself, which I think is the case of a lot of actors, regardless of where they come from.

I used to do a lot of comedy. I don't know what happened. I think it's my face.

I always define egotistical thoughts as the thoughts I think other people have of me.

The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.

When I think of character actors, I think of Spencer Tracy; I think of Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall. When I was a young lad watching films, my eyes were on them - watching 'On the Waterfront,' my eyes are on Rod Steiger and Karl Malden, not on Brando.

I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion.