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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. "

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" 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. "

" It's important to me to be in a relationship when I'm in one, but I'm not someone who needs to be in a relationship. "

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

" 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. "

" I've always believed very, very strongly that the way you treat people is more important than anything, professionally or otherwise. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" People talk about me in 'Arcadia' and I think I was okay in it but I've given better performances in other productions that didn't have the same impact. But I knew 'Arcadia' was going to be an event and I wanted to be part of it. "

" For me, if I were to be at home in any kind of style, it is more comedy than anything else. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Of course, I want to look good, as that helped me get jobs. But it didn't get me the jobs I wanted and it held me back. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Lazy journalists, they'll read stuff and get a quote then ask the same question again hoping I'll say a similar thing; it's very tiresome. "

" I'm very, very happy with my recognition/lack of recognition in England in terms of my life. In terms of household name-age. The public's memory is very short, luckily. "

" 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 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. "

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

" I've gone through long periods without being with someone and got a bit lonely, but not for a while. "

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

" 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. "

" I was a very undisciplined person but acting was something that actually motivated me to get up in the morning. I hadn't experienced that before, but it was something that really excited me. I think I could be quite self-conscious and it gave me a release. "

" I was very frustrated, in a physical sense, by people seeing me in a way that I wasn't. And I was beginning to find myself boxed into a corner. Hopefully things have loosed up a bit, and I've gotten better and become more relaxed as an actor. "

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

" People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door. "

" 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'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. "