I'm not a great one for classic horror or cheap thrills.

I actually really love working with young actors because they're so responsive and instinctive, and it's a much less honed craft that they're employing.

I live in London and I love living in a gun free environment and long may it continue.

I am comfortable around babies and children because I have two of my own.

When you are shooting action, there is a satisfying thing because your objectives are very clear.

There's something to play if there's conflict going on. Whatever that conflict is, that's where drama is; if the character is grappling with something you've got something to play, there's layers to it.

Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.

I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.

I had to ride a horse once. In 'King Arthur.' I said I could ride, but I had to call for lessons on the day the deal was signed. I started out on this little chunky thing and slowly moved up. It was months of work.

Outside of being home with my family, I prefer a crowd.

I do a lot better if I sit around and think about a character for a couple of months.

I can't remember ever being involved in a fight in a movie where I haven't done most of it.

I've done a number of things based on real people or true stories or based on books, and I'm a great believer that you have to be true to the script.

I do get clocked. But it's not invasive to the point where it's upsetting. It doesn't encroach.

I've got actor friends who didn't get breaks, who struggle and worry about things that I'm fortunate not to have to worry about.

I'd like to do a film which is funny.

I'm interested in playing all kinds of parts.

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.