Maybe there's less oppression growing up in a small village, and fewer rules, and less danger.

It was great to play an ex-marine cockney thug. All my roles are as different as the colours of the rainbow.

I used to go to the supermarket dressed as Peter Pan when I was about five years old.

I love music, particularly Radiohead, TV on the Radio, The XX and Tribes - they're a great new band from Camden and well worth a look at.

Other actors dont get asked about their brothers or sisters, so why do I have to always answer questions about having a twin brother? I suppose its interesting for everybody other than me.

I've no grand designs to conquer the music industry, but I'd love to be able to tell my mates that I'm playing in a pub in Camden one night.

A lot of my mates are actors and it's lovely to be able to work with friends.

When I was about 7 I fancied Anna Chlumsky; the girl from My Girl.

It's been too many years since I've played live as myself as opposed to in a fake band for a film.

If you think, 'I'm jumping out of a plane at 30,000 feet!' you're not going to do it. But if you just jump out, then you'll have an interesting ride.

London is full of creative people - you can never say that it's not.

Men ... always think that something they are going to get is better than what they have got.

The failure to work out sensible budgets makes it impossible for government agencies to make long-term plans, and instead leaves them scrambling to spend money in the short term.

Appearances are significant, and never more than in politics. You can always sway the crowd, provided you have a good story.

I am a person who feels compelled and then gets immersed.

Spiritual life doesn't make you a good person; you ARE a good person, you are a holy being when you are born. What spiritual life does is remind us that this is who we really are.

Don't get discouraged, and think positive all the time. Don't get down on yourself if you lose out a couple of times. It's just a lot of hard work.

The policy of letting the free market determine the height of wage rates is the only reasonable and successful full-employment policy.

Note that venerable proverb: Children and fools always speak the truth. The deduction is plain: adults and wise persons never speak it.

The true science and study of mankind is man.

The interface of history and myth is where my stories take place anyway, and there's always a way I'm trying to tap mythologies with the perfect understanding that history will trump mythology.