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" I love Scotland, mainly for its landscape. I like walking, and it's a great place to go hiking. "

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" Since I've had kids, I thank God that I don't drink, as I really wouldn't have been able to cope. "

" As an actor, the only thing you have is your instinct and your imagination. "

" Quite honestly, as long as I am working, can enjoy what I do, get on with it, and put bread on the table, I am really happy. "

" I have a huge acting crush on Gene Hackman. I just love watching him. "

" I would love to be in a Jimmy McGovern drama on TV, but there is no way he would ever ask me unless it would be to play a lawyer or something. "

" I had a fantastic stepfather, so I didn't resent him in any way, although I was unnerved by him. He was not an easy man, although he was incredibly charming, gregarious, and fun. "

" If I was to meet Lou Reed or Bob Dylan, I would be totally helpless. Writers and musicians make me feel completely starstruck. "

" When you have kids, you don't really watch TV anymore, and when I do, I binge-watch box sets of 'Breaking Bad.' "

" I watched a lot of American TV, all those repeats of 'Star Trek,' 'Fantasy Island,' 'M*A*S*H,' 'Lost in Space.' All that stuff was the fodder of my childhood. "

" I was doing a lot of great theatre, but I just couldn't work out how to make ends meet. "

" Although I loved 'Black Sails,' 'Lost in Space' was like holiday camp after that. "

" I'm fair-skinned, so beaches are a bit boring for me. I'm either smeared in lotion or under a shade. However, I do love the sea - diving, swimming and snorkelling. "

" You can't learn how to act; you can only really learn it through experience and practice and really finding what your voice is and what you want to be as an actor. "

" When I met with Anna Chancellor, I knew she was a kindred spirit. We got one another. "

" Prior to doing a 'Bond' film, I was a young actor doing classical theater and some BBC dramas. Then, suddenly, I was thrown into this franchise. I had never experienced anything like it. "

" I remember going to the cinema to watch 'Blade Runner' when I was 14 or 15. It was a huge flop when it came out. The cinema was almost empty. I was blown away by it. "

" I am a Londoner and I love my home. There are many things about this country which drive me crazy, but when I am in America, I feel wrong there. "

" I blub all the time, in the most weird situations - not in the ones that should make me cry. Music makes me very emotional. "

" People assume that I'm an aristocrat, but I don't really feel part of any class. "

" Before children, it's kind of easy to be solipsistic - you and your wife are in this hermetic little thing, and your own desires, wants, needs, tastes dictate your choices. Then, suddenly, all of that's gone. "

" Whenever I'm doing stage, I want to be doing screen, and vice versa. "

" The Humpback Trail on New Zealand's South Island is really beautiful. It is a 70 km walk over about four days and is fairly arduous. You go through prehistoric forest and up to the top of Humpback Mountain, where there are amazing views down to the Tasman Sea. "

" I think all parts come with baggage unless it is a brand new play. If one was daunted by that, you would never do anything. "

" I've learnt an enormous amount from my children. Mostly that my agenda isn't the most important thing in the world. For a while, I was trying to squeeze them into my life. And it was such torment! It makes you realise how selfish you are. "

" On the whole, I don't watch television. "

" Drama school is really a forum for making a fool of yourself. "

" I don't really want the kind of Englishness that I have represented. "

" I love travelling with my laptop because I get a bit nervous if I can't access my e-mails. "

" Actors don't listen to each other. You're so obsessed with what you're saying or doing that the other person could be talking in Swahili and you wouldn't know. "

" Growing up, I went to many schools, and I had to fit in to many different types of environments with totally different social groups. It helps me out as I move from job to job. "