A huge part of acting in movies is appetite. You do your best work when you've got a lot of appetite and you really want to embrace something. When you get tired, you don't have that hunger.

I always used to say to myself, I'm going to die of lung cancer. That's the choice I'm making.

I really believe you can carry yourself in such a way that people don't notice you.

After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo.

After writing a page, Hemingway would let it float to the ground. He never crumpled pages - he believed that if you crumpled them, you'd be insane in a year.

It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.

I'm sort of one of those weird actors who whenever I do a play, I think, 'Oh, we should film this,' as opposed to have to belt it out of ourselves in a theater auditorium.

I always want my options to be open.

The idea of goodies and baddies has always fascinated me, and what people consider to be a goodie or a baddie, because I've never seen any of my characters as baddies.

I'm just a working actor.

I just love playing good guys.

For me really good acting is about subtext.

You're always dealing with emotions as an actor.

I go off and make movies; I come home, and I'm a dad and I hang with my girls.

When there's an idiot driving crazily in front of you, that can wind the best of you up.

There's not a big gun culture in England at all still.

The worst piece of advice I've gotten in my whole career is from somebody who said, 'Remember, it's all about likeability.'

I've had some great times with actresses, but that's in a movie.

You see these actresses who have had Botox or something else done, and it takes you out of the film.

I don't do facials or any of that stuff, but my workout regime does tend to depend on whether I have to take my top off in my next film because otherwise I know I'm too heavy.

I can honestly say I've never chosen a film because where it's shot is convenient.

I'd love to do a Western.

I never really look at life and worry about missed opportunities.

As I get older, I've been having a better and better time.

For me, London is and always will be home.

I've been very fortunate with the scripts I've had and the people I worked with.

I do wear suits all the time.

I think it's dangerous to get into ideas of planning careers.

I think there is a lot of overexplaining both in writing and acting. People don't need to be hit on the head.

I couldn't bear a marriage in which one partner hinges on the other.

My wife needs her freedom just like me.

For some people, an event happens and they are thrown into a tabloid feeding ground.

I never wanted to be a movie star.

I was at the birth of my two girls.

As a teenager I was crazy about David Bowie. He was a huge inspiration for me. I dressed a little bit crazily in school and dyed my hair every colour under the sun.

I guess I'm not that metrosexual. My bathroom cabinet is hardly overflowing with products. I only really have my stuff for shaving. I can't honestly say I moisturise, though I probably should.

Jewelery isn't really my thing, but I've always got my eye on people's watches.

I don't think I've ever had a real fashion disaster.

I certainly don't think of myself as an action hero.

I have a problem with a lot of men's fragrances because they are very strong. Somebody somewhere thinks that masculine means powerful smells, and I find them overbearing and not very pleasant.

I don't like it when people are trying too hard. That goes for clothes, for acting, for everything. It's just not good when it seems like you're making too much of an effort.

If you are making a script based on a book it can be frustrating going back to the source novel, because you're turning the story into a totally different thing; the narrative of film is different from that of a book.

Audiences can be very judgmental.

Ultimately, to have a career in movies, to a certain extent, certainly in England, you can't sustain a career in just English movies.

A room full of great sportsmen is so much better than a room full of actors.

I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice.