I Think Marriage Is Ghastly.

I'm A Gay Man Who Came From The Last Years Of Illegality. That Focused My Whole Character. I Think It Focused Everyone's Character In A Way. You Saw Yourself As Outside Of The Main Structure.

I'm Not Really A Political Animal But I Am Rather Fascinated By The Meltdown Of England And America. In The End, It Seems As If America Might Come Out Of It, But I'm Not Sure If England Is Ever Going To Recover.

If You're An Actor, There's Going To Be A Sense Of Fantasy About Yourself, Especially In The Celebrity World We Live In Today. You Give The Illusion Of Being In Control, Sexy, At Ease, With Never A Difficult Moment. Those Are The Basic Lies That All Celebrities Tell. For Me, They're The More Dangerous Lies To Come To Terms With.

Madness Is A Prerequisite Of Being In Showbusiness.

I've Done A Lot Of Period Stuff But That's Mostly Because, In England, We Get Off On A Lot Of Period Stuff, But It's Not Any Kind Of Particular Choice. That's Where A Lot Of The Work Is.