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" I don't want to be in 'Expendables 5.' You can keep those kind of movies. "

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" When you're doing a medieval show like 'Pillars,' it starts off a bit like a school play. You're all in funny costumes; you've had your coffee, and you say, 'Good morning'. Then you go on set and, if you've got good actors and directors, it takes on a life of its own. "

" Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for. "

" I had a teacher at school who said, 'We are going to do a play next year, and you're in it.' He said, 'You should try out for the Royal Academy as an actor.' I did and got in. I was 17. My mum wasn't too happy, but it worked out OK. "

" Blackbeard is probably the most infamous pirate who ever lived. He's one of those characters for which most of your work is done before you start. "

" Mum and Dad were both happy for me to do what I wanted. "

" I don't do social media. "

" My daughter said, 'I don't think granddad really suits you.' "

" People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive. "

" If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made. "

" You set paths for yourself, but as you get older, things change. "

" Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist. "

" I don't think that acting is as youth-obsessed as the general culture. In acting, as you get older, you get better, and the parts you get improve, too. But that's only true for a man, not a woman. "

" Bosses will tell you they are looking for something different but they're not, actually. "

" Acting's boring. "

" My second marriage was to a girl I met in Manchester, kept a long-distance relationship going for two years, then we got married... disaster. "

" I think the reason 'Sexy Beast' was so good was it wasn't just another run-of-the-mill gangster film; it was a love story. "

" I enjoy every role I do. "

" Seventy years old! How did that happen? I was part of the generation that wasn't going to die. "

" Robert Fisk is my hero. In America, they think he's a terrorist. "

" I'm from the disco era where everybody thought they were John Travolta... What song is going to get me on the dance floor? Anything from 'Saturday Night Fever,' and you're up there like a demon. "

" If I'd had the choice when I was 14, and someone had said to me, 'You can either be a footballer or an actor,' I'd have said: 'Well, can't I be a footballing actor?' "

" Every actor has to love and loathe the character he plays. "

" Theater is a dance of a different kind, a dance of rawness and characters stripped down. "

" Whenever there was a pause on the 'Hercules' set, everybody whipped their Blackberries out of their skirts - 'Are you texting the King of Thrace to tell them we're on our way?' "

" I've never hankered for any role. "

" I don't remember my first two marriages... the details are very sketchy. "

" I don't believe in the death penalty, but I understand personal vengeance. "

" What's great about acting is you can let all your wackiness hang out while you work. "

" I come from the liberal side of thinking: Better one guilty man should walk free than one innocent man found guilty. "

" I had a bit of a male menopause. It started at the age of 18 and continued until I was 45. "