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

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

Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'.

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.

I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.

Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'.