Being an actor is well paid, but it's a bit like being a circus traveler.

I like clothes that are simple and preferably cheap unless I'm being given it for free.

When you arrive in L.A. as an Englishman, you might as well be on the moon. People just don't understand you if you speak too fast, and most people there think you're Australian. Ordering was incredibly complicated. I was speechless.

When I first left drama school, I was too posh for the working-class parts and not posh enough for the upper-class roles. You know what England is like: the gradations of accent and how you're judged by them are still there. I discovered that to get a break you have to lie about where you're from.

It is about time that TV actors were paid as well as film stars.

We both acknowledged that it's been a little bit of a circus. I think in a very cordial, friendly way, ... I think we were both glad to get to the kickoff and get it over with because no matter how hard you try, you know what it's going to be about. We got to share a little chuckle together, because we were both thinking the exact same thing.