Most people have a passive relationship with music and clothes, with culture. But music was my first contact with anything creative. Music is it, as far as I’m concerned.
The one thing I’ve found is that someone always knows more than you do, including your babies. There are loads of things people presume I know about that I don’t.
I like bootcut jeans in a plain style with a nice line.
My idea of a good night out is staying in.
It’s a bit like a fledgeling duck, finding your flippers.
Comedy can’t be about continuous success.
Every actor is riddled with insecurity, of course. But weirdly, I don’t really find that I’d be daunted with taking on roles or anything.
I guess like any friendship, marriage, or whatever it is familiarity breeds more contempt, and more love. They’re just more settled with each other now.
I think if you were known for playing something other than being a nice guy then people might be a little less likely to take liberties with you. If you are Ray Winstone, and people have seen you kick a few people to death, then they are a little less likely to approach you or whatever.
I like the idea of not everything happening between two human beings to be everyone’s property.
I value being able to go into a record shop and people leaving me alone.
However happy the director is, I have to be okay with it. I’m pretty strict with myself, about throwing things out or trying to be true to whatever the situation dictates.
I hope I inspire children to make films.
If you are a plumber, you can work on a shed, or you can work on a mansion. It’s just scale.
Like with anything, good writing suggest itself pretty strongly.
There is nothing far-fetched about disappointment as a subject for comedy. It’s something we are all too familiar with.
I’ve been doing interviews for years, and in all that time, I’ve virtually never read one and gone, ‘Yep, factually and tonally that’s exactly what happened.’ Pretty much never.
What makes Shakespeare eternal is his grasp of psychology. He knew how to nail stuff about us as human beings.
You don’t want your children to look at you like you are anything special other than their dad.
I’ve always got my eye on my deathbed.