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" I'd like an omelet named after me. "

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" My feelings about my mortality are less selfish than they used to be. I used to affect a cavalier attitude to death; now I see it from my son's perspective. "

" I want to be able to do anything. I know it's probably not reasonable to expect, but that's what I'd like to do. "

" When I left drama school, my fear was that I'd get pigeon holed into comic acting and I did so much to counter it that I got stuck in the opposite. "

" Well, thing is, after they cancelled 'Zen', I didn't work for eight months. And in that case, it was not my choice. After I've done something that I'm really proud of and I think changes the way I'm perceived, the immediate reaction is: nothing. "

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" Yes, years of compromise and disappointment have added depth to my acting. "

" For a long time, I didn't give anything my all. I was so afraid that I'd be crap, so I held myself back. "

" Hollywood is my domestic idyll. "

" I don't know if the money I've earned is going to need to last me for the next few weeks or the rest of my life. "

" As a person I'm perfectly vain, I'm just vainer as an actor about my ability. My acting vanity trumps my human vanity. "

" At times, I think of my career as a map. The closer you get to the map, the more you know where you are, but the closer I get to my career, the less happy I feel. At the same time, I have carved out the career for myself which I wanted. "

" It's nice when women fancy me, but I think I will only disappoint them so I prefer it if they don't know who I am. "

" I wasn't a model schoolboy. Of course, I was forced to sit through Shakespeare and I really got into some of it, though it depended on who was reading it out. "

" I've always liked the idea of regularly doing a play but I was offered things which I felt were too 'celebie' and West Endy. "

" A large part of my adolescence was spent doing my very best to draw attention to myself. "

" I don't think the roles that I'm necessarily known for in this country are my best work, or even anywhere near it. I didn't think I was great in 'Arcadia.' I think it's a great part and a great play and had a lot of attention. "

" I've discovered that I've never had much respect for money, and that has meant that money has ended up ruling me a little bit more than it should have. So I'm trying to learn - at this late stage in life! - to actually control that. "

" I'm in a position where I'm being continually knocked back for the kind of independent films I want to be in because people don't know who I am. "

" I do as much comedy as I possibly can, but I'm basically limited by the imagination of the secretaries who make the decisions. "

" The reason I am unemployed for six months out of every year is because I have to turn down most of the films I'm offered. If I didn't, I'd only ever play a dark, satanic count on a horse. "

" I was the lead in 'Interview With The Vampire', until Tom Cruise decided he was interested. I was in 'The Wings Of The Dove' with Uma Thurman, until that got cancelled. I was in 'Shakespeare In Love' with Julia Roberts, until that fell apart. "

" I'm hoping that a lifetime of compromise and disappointment will read as extra depth and layers in my work. "

" I think the only thing I've got going for me as an actor specifically is the fact that I can change. "

" I no longer have a style to maintain. I rent a little flat in Los Angeles, I don't take holidays, I don't dine out and I take cheap flights. "

" I think if a character appeals to you, there are certain parts of yourself will come to the fore and other parts that will play down. "

" I don't know why the universe is so determined to keep my feet on the ground. "

" For a long time, I've had to hustle. If a film role is obviously great, then it's been difficult for me to get a look-in. "

" I don't have any shame about the way I conducted my professional life. "