I'm an introspective person. I'm not an extrovert.

I was involved in school plays, but when I left school I did a couple of odd jobs as a baker's apprentice and then as a fruit market porter in Manchester

Watch the mouth, it reveals what the eyes try to hide.

Parts like Morse don't grow on trees. He's a great character.

There is no more final end than death

You can't say to someone with a brain like Morse, This is the way you do it, regardless of the circumstances; this is the way it is done.

I'm not an instinctive actor.

Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break.

It's not the having, it's the getting.

You don't have to have all this film stock, you can work faster, and you don't need a giant crew. It's great.

My main memories of my father are of his illness.

We all look the same with our helmets on.

They looked down on her; and she looked up through them.

We do not know how we'd behave. But a lot of people facing fascism didn't become fascists. I don't happen to believe that we are all monsters.

Barn's burnt down...now I can see the moon.

Whether it's on top of a phone booth or a $200 million soundstage, it's about stories.

I was always in love with Judy Garland, and when I was growing up, I fell in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, of course.