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Britain produces great actors because they learn on stage so know their stuff when they get on a movie set.

British actors behave like Europeans; they are also extremely well trained.

British actors come at acting from a slightly different angle. Because a lot of the films are cast out there, they are so used to the angle from which the Americans, and certainly the young guys from L.A., are coming at it, that I think it's interesting for them to find these English actors who maybe approach acting from a different place.

There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had.

There is a whole bunch of great British actors of my age who aren't film stars or theatre actors; they're very much both.

I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap.

I don't care to analyze acting. On the other hand there is a fascination because distributors are putting out British films. You get films here with great performances you'll never see again. Why compare. We should go after the businessmen.

I think there's a quality of passion to the American actor. I'm certainly attracted to it, and I like to hope that underscoring it is a characteristic of my work. That quality is certainly also present in some British actors, but I tend to feel the mechanical and intellectual process is dominant in the British.

The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not rich, not famous, but making a living.