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" I owe my mum a sense of family. She has kept our family together. I have two brothers and a sister, and they all live a stone's throw away from each other in Liverpool. "

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" The thing as an actor is you get a sense of what a show is like the minute you walk on the set. "

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" Savannah is amazing with the town squares and the hanging moss and the French Colonial houses. It's brutally romantic. "

" Nothing is my guiltiest pleasure. I love it. I love doing it. I love planning to do it, I love loafing and pottering and chilling and daydreaming. "

" As a director, your work is finished only when it's on the screen. But I will always be an actor who occasionally directs. And no, I have no interest in directing myself. I wouldn't be able to concentrate on both jobs at once. "

" Liverpool has always made me brave, choice-wise. It was never a city that criticised anyone for taking a chance. "

" In all honesty, we all want our fantasy selves to be the best people. We all think in a time of crisis, we will react heroically and with humanity. "

" I think when you don't know where you stand with someone, they can surprise you in their goodness and their badness, and that makes them human. "

" I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library. "

" When I discovered acting, I decided that's what I wanted to do above everything else. It was the first time I was passionate about anything. "

" I'm no good at down-time. I panic slightly and then plan a project or set up a meeting about starting a project. "

" When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, it was like saying I wanted to be an astronaut. Not because it was highfalutin' in any way - just because they didn't know anybody in that field. They were anxious of a profession they knew nothing about. "

" All actors think every job will be their last. "

" It takes a long time to drag myself out of bed, and at night I'm buzzing. As a young man it was helpful, but now I'd like to be tired when I go to bed and alive in the morning. "

" My son got me into 'The Mighty Boosh.' I just love that surrealist humour. "

" I'm a massive fan of Brit Art in general and Damien Hirst in particular. I think he's an absolute genius and should be celebrated in every way. "

" The reason I wanted to start directing is that as an actor I felt I came into a job late. There's a whole team of people who have been working on it for months before you start. You have this really intense period of filming and then you leave it, knowing that the director will work on it for another few months. "

" The great thing about being an actor is things happen to you very quickly. I like to put myself in the way of surprise. "

" I love telling stories. I like the challenges presented to me on a daily basis. There's nothing resting about acting. "

" When you are an actor, rejection and disappointment are an occupational hazard. "

" I'd really like to get on a Greyhound bus and go backpacking across America. "

" I've got a great family and a beautiful house. I feel very lucky as far as my lifestyle is concerned. I'm not really interested in fame and all its trappings. "

" I love getting stuff, and if I give a present to someone and don't get one back, you can bet your life they won't be getting one next year. "

" My house is very clean apart from a very small part of it that looks as if we've been burgled, which is my office. "

" I think I'm quite a lazy person, actually. If I'm not careful, I could just stay in bed all day. "

" It's always good to find out what you don't want to do. "

" Liverpool will always be my home. "

" I'm the youngest of four kids. There's something in me that will always be the youngest child, will always look up to people when they don't necessarily need it. "

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" The great thing about coming from where I come from - Liverpool and my family - is that we're very close. I have a great relationship with my siblings and their kids. "

" I think the corruption of power is very interesting, and I think the idea that power is something that... You know, when people want power, they're a certain individual. When people acquire power by accident, they're different again. "