I do feel more myself in America. I can regress there, and they have roller-coaster parks.

I always feel that when I come to Edinburgh, in many ways I am coming home.

If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.

Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive.

I think every English actor is nervous of a Newcastle accent.

I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.