All actors who have been around for a long time, which I have, and have been skint for long periods, which I have, find it difficult to turn down jobs. If I turn anything down my stomach turns over. I feel sick. It feels like gambling.

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I find it hard to relax around any man who's got the second button on his shirt undone.

I got briefly mistaken for someone who might be good in bed, which was very, very good.

I wanted to be a journalist, I thought it was glamorous and that I'd meet beautiful women in the rain.

I've always slightly worried the kids who play football around my house. They know I'm an actor, but felt sorry for me because they'd never seen anything I've done.

When I do a play, it's like agreeing to be ill for a couple of months.

I know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.