I've Done Classical Theaters. I Played Hamlet

You Know, This Idea Of Going Around The World Imposing Democracy By Growing A Middle-class, A Trading Merchant Class That Is Independent Of Your Faith, Is A Good Notion, But We're All Partially Different - It's No Good Imposing Systems On People That It Doesn't Suit.

It Was Pretty Daunting. Normally, I Never Go To A Gym, But Before We Started Shooting, I Thought I'd Better. I Reckoned I Was In Really Good Shape, And Then I Looked Around And I Was Half The Size Of Everyone Else. A Lot Of These American Actors Have This - In My View - Misplaced View That They Have To Look Like Action Man. The Trouble Is, They All Run The Risk Of Being Interchangeable.

I Always Resented Tom [hardy] For Turning Up On Band Of Brothers And Getting The Girl — In Fact, The Only Girl In A Cast Of Hundreds Of Smelly Men! I, On The Other Hand, Spent Eight Months With My Face Squashed Up Against Someone Else’s Backside In One Sodden Trench After Another. And It Looks As If Tom Might Have Got The Girl Again [in Colditz], Damn His Eyes.

I've Always Had A 'work Hard, Play Hard' Attitude To Life - I Still Do - But Sometimes You Get Involved In Something That Needs A Calm, Methodical Approach.

I Have A Three-year-old And A Four-year-old At Home, And My Mornings Are About Just Dealing With The Fact Of That. I Oddly Enjoy It.