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Some facts in life are immutable. One is, trust no-one who uses the word 'trope'.

For some reason, I always get offered plays when I'm doing plays and then, if I stop doing them, people stop asking me.

Do you believe in Evil, Mr Box?" said my companion, grinding his jaw and looking at the couple with unfeigned contempt.
"Only on Wednesdays.

I always wanted to do Restoration comedy. It seems like so much fun.

I am a gay man who loves James Bond films and snooker - all kinds of working-class pursuits.

I grew up with low self-esteem. I didn't think I was very pretty. I had glasses, red hair and was generally quite a spod.

You can always expect tragedy as well as adventure; that's just how it goes,

Benedict is bumbly, sweet, affable; the nicest man you've met.

I used to go to the gym regularly and swim an awful lot, but that was when I was unemployed and knew leisure intimately.

I love the Shakespeare history plays; I love the struggle for the crown as a plot.

If not exactly raging against the dying of the light, I was at least a little cross with it.

I think a lot of people who say they are bisexual aren't.

At school I briefly wanted to be a palaeontologist, but I was no good at chemistry and physics.

'Misfits' is one of my favorite shows; I think it's a fantastic show.

All films speak to their times. It becomes obvious only after.

I love going to galleries, particularly the National Portrait Gallery.

History is a burden. Stories can make us fly.

'Monty Python' is now more recognised by the films than by the TV series.

I prefer sneaking in the back door.

All pleasure should be a little bent, don't you think?

It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles.

Sci-fi and fantasy used to be a TV staple throughout my childhood. Then it just stopped dead. It was seen as culty, a minority interest.

My dad was quite a forbidding figure. I realise now that that was mainly because he worked so hard. He wasn't unkind, but he was a presence.

He was an American, so it seemed only fair to shoot him.

The first film I can remember seeing on TV was 'The Brides of Dracula.' I was instantly hooked.

One man's fish is another man's poisson.

I'm an actor and a writer, that's how I think of myself. Sometimes my time is divided equally, sometimes less equally, but that's what I do.

Even when I was a child, I always wanted to be older. I realised just in time that it's a mistake and to enjoy my youth while I had it.

Even though it's meant to be the season of jollity and goodwill, there's something delicious about the anticipation of a Christmassy ghost thrill.

Slightly forgettable movies can sometimes make great musicals.

Amy: Hey, Paisley, Ever fancied someone you know you shouldn't?
Bracewell: What?
Amy: Hurts, doesn't it? But kind of a good hurt.

I had a girlfriend before I ever had a boyfriend, but it was just a phase.

It was all quite ghastly and I was very fond of it.

One of the pleasures of the original 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' is how incredibly ghastly they are. The ugly sisters have their eyes pecked out by crows.

I'm a great believer in the beauty and the power of surprise.

Well, what was I to do? For the well-bred gentleman there was clearly only one recourse. I fucked him.