Doing 'EastEnders' wasn't exactly suffering, but my soul's not in quick-fix TV. Theatre doesn't pay like TV work pays, though. We all have to live, don't we?

When I was a kid doing television, they'd stick a leather jacket on me, and I would be the thug.

I used to go into bars on my days off, and I decided that wasn't too good for me.

I found that golf saved me from going to the pub every day so instead I play golf with other unemployed actors. I'm a member of the Stage Golfing Society and I play golf with all sorts of people.

I grew up near King's Cross station in London, living in an apartment block where my dad was a caretaker.

It's great to do small plays in the theatre and then go off with Blur and play in front of thousands of people.

I get on with actors, and when I'm doing a theatre show, it's great being with them all the time. But we're all alike, and it's much nicer being with people who are different.

I had a weimaraner for 11 years called China, and he was a great dog, a bit mad. They're massive, weimaraners; they've got big floppy ears. They look like a pointer, but they're liver-coloured.

It's never gone so far as me wishing I'd never done 'Quadrophenia,' but there was a time when I wouldn't talk about it because I wanted people to be interested in me for other things as well.

I'm famous for being a silky midfielder.

I think that's what keeps you grounded - having your own life that's not directed by your job.

You are essentially who you create yourself to be and all that occurs in your life is the result of your own making.

A man's every action is inevitably conditioned by what surrounds him and by his own body.

Blessed are you, all who put your hope and trust in the Lord.

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn.

Being sexy doesn't mean you shouldn't be safe.

Please, if you would," the butler said, "no throwing the linens. Peaches, anyone?" -Fritz

Oh, my dear, my tragedy is that you don't need to be loved as I know how to love.

Words, particularly in a play, should have the texture of a crisp, autumn apple.

Make your Vocation into Vacation and you will not have to work a single day.

My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.