I think it's quite extraordinary that people cast me as if I'm Warren Beatty: until I met my present wife, at the age of 35, you could name two girlfriends.

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I have a very long relationship with America. My mother grew up there and I...

I have a very long relationship with America. My mother grew up there and I...

I have a kind of neutrality, physically, which has helped me. I have a face...

I have a kind of neutrality, physically, which has helped me. I have a face...

My grandmother was a minister as well, which was not that common in the 1930s.

My grandmother was a minister as well, which was not that common in the 1930s.

I don't want to sound smug but I am reasonably satisfied with how it's gone....

I don't want to sound smug but I am reasonably satisfied with how it's gone....

The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word...

The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word...

I do think I'm a character actor.

I do think I'm a character actor.

People have the idea of missionaries as going out with the Bible and hitting natives...

People have the idea of missionaries as going out with the Bible and hitting natives...

To be bothered wherever you go - it's not a rational thing to want at...

To be bothered wherever you go - it's not a rational thing to want at...

It used to be that I was always paranoid or a loser or something so...

It used to be that I was always paranoid or a loser or something so...

I'd love to try my hand at something else.

I'd love to try my hand at something else.

If you don't mind haunting the margins, I think there is more freedom there.

If you don't mind haunting the margins, I think there is more freedom there.

My looks aren't something that come dazzlingly through in everything I do. I can be...

My looks aren't something that come dazzlingly through in everything I do. I can be...

I think England has served me very well. I like living in London for the...

I think England has served me very well. I like living in London for the...

Most actors will tell you they have some sort of dream of doing something other...

Most actors will tell you they have some sort of dream of doing something other...

We've always been involved with America - I have a son who lives there and...

We've always been involved with America - I have a son who lives there and...

Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of...

Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of...

One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would...

One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would...

I do notice that when I've been away and I come back to London. People...

I do notice that when I've been away and I come back to London. People...

The last thing I would attempt to do is to buy clothes for a child...

The last thing I would attempt to do is to buy clothes for a child...

I haven't had to struggle very much. I haven't paid my dues. I think I...

I haven't had to struggle very much. I haven't paid my dues. I think I...