We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world.

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I love my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because...

I love my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because...

I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility.

I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility.

I don't see a lot of films. I'm quite choosy, but there's certain films that...

I don't see a lot of films. I'm quite choosy, but there's certain films that...

I went being unemployed for three years to being the lead in a British feature...

I went being unemployed for three years to being the lead in a British feature...

I've never been up with the times, always been slightly out of step.

I've never been up with the times, always been slightly out of step.

I love Dead Ringers. A democratic set, the work was taken seriously.

I love Dead Ringers. A democratic set, the work was taken seriously.

Many times I've sat with a camera and another actor and seen all their fears...

Many times I've sat with a camera and another actor and seen all their fears...

Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral.

Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral.

Theatre is expensive to go to. I certainly felt when I was growing up that...

Theatre is expensive to go to. I certainly felt when I was growing up that...

I got a tiny part in a play, auditioned for another one and got that...

I got a tiny part in a play, auditioned for another one and got that...

We all need a firm sense of identity.

We all need a firm sense of identity.

Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and...

Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and...

I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal.

I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal.

It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents.

It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents.

I want to direct but I think I'd be bloody awful and I don't want...

I want to direct but I think I'd be bloody awful and I don't want...

I heard the various terms of abuse at school and probably indulged them in the...

I heard the various terms of abuse at school and probably indulged them in the...

I wasn't always such a great fan of Shakespeare, mind you. I can guess we...

I wasn't always such a great fan of Shakespeare, mind you. I can guess we...

The person who gives you your first job is so important in any industry.

The person who gives you your first job is so important in any industry.

What goes down on film is different to what you see with the naked eye.

What goes down on film is different to what you see with the naked eye.

I had bags of energy as a kid.

I had bags of energy as a kid.