-
Before the 'Fast & Furious' promo in Manila, I went on a vacation in the Philippines 10 years earlier. I loved it. My 'Miss Saigon' friends showed me around.
-
Living in New Zealand, it's like a different world - it is a different world. It's very, very cool.
-
I think starting a cinema career late in life has more advantages than disadvantages.
-
I'm basically turning my apartment into an armory.
-
The gym is somewhere you can go to just forget for an hour what you do for a living, what you are doing on a daily basis. You just turn up and get on with it.
-
The Sixties was all about style and a certain look. But what was interesting about 1963 was that it was pre-Beatles, so the clothes of that time, especially the suits, were very different from the clothes post-Beatlemania.
-
Vampires were always able to transform into creatures of the night. The dark creatures like bats have always been associated with vampires and using the darkness to their own advantage.
-
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but not in cinema.
-
And I love to cook! I've impressed hundreds of women with my cooking. And they always come back for more.
-
Costume is a massive thing. I think costume makes you stand differently.
-
British actors are renowned for being great villains in movies, like Bond films, all the rest of it.
-
For your own self-respect and sanity, your creative freedom, you have to be careful that you don't rely too much on other people's opinions of what you do because it can stunt and inhibit you.
-
I always wanted to get into proper shape.
-
In 10 years, I'd love to live near the sea, in a warmer climate. I could see myself with three dogs... and it'd be great to share them with someone else.
-
For my part, if the audience wanted to see Dracula again, I would be happy to reprise the role. It is an immortal character that can appear anywhere because it lies beyond time. Possibilities are endless.
-
The first time I was flown to L.A. for a screen test was an incredibly nerve-racking experience.
-
It's a lovely thing to be able to sing.
-
Good suits don't come from anywhere, though - I mainly wear Armani, Louis Vuitton and Burberry.
-
You never get over an ex, but you learn to live with it.
-
Everybody knew me as a gay man, and in my life in London, I never tried to hide.
-
I moved to Cardiff when I was 17 and never needed a car. When I came to L.A. for my first job there, I needed a car, so I had to pass my driving test.
-
I felt alive when I read a script and acted out a scene, or sang a song. It was my dream. I'm just very lucky that I'm still doing it and able to earn a living from it.
-
It's hard work just being on set 14 hours a day.
-
To be able to work with people who I have respected and admired, to be a part of something like the Cannes Film Festival, is surreal and brilliant.