Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition.

The academy awards in England; it's a classy affair as well.

Even if I hadn't have been nominated for an Oscar, to have won the Golden Glove was just fantastic.

I hate that people think going to the theatre is a special occasion. I wish people would treat it as normally as going to the cinema.

I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom.

I like the enthusiasm but not the insincerity of Los Angeles.

I've done a lot of costume drama and theatre - the National Theatre and In fact, most of my work at the theatre, at the National Theatre anyway, was period.

Anything where people have to work together makes me cry.

Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think thats because we were trained - until now - in theatre.

When I left drama school, there were dozens of rep theatres you could apply to where you got a good training.

Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over.

It is beautiful to express love and even more beautiful to feel it.

I want Jesus to come back and say 'THATS NOT WHAT I MEANT'" -

It is no shame to have your heart broken –it is only possible because you dared to lovethe hardest.

The only things that all men want is a woman that respects him and challenge his intelligence plus ambitions.

All other swindlers upon earth are nothing compared to self-swindlers.

In the Seventies, we still had dreams and hopes of Utopia, but by the end of the decade, the world had shifted to the right.

After I won the title, I was confronted with the real world. People do not behave naturally anymore - hypocrisy is everywhere.

I think with acting, since I became an actor... I, as a person, have become more confident and I have really come out of my shell somewhat... and back to myself, you know.

All cultural imitation, opposed as it is to creativeness, is bound to make a people small.

The crowds are very important for tennis. It makes you play better, but it can also make you nervous and that's the beauty of it.