My first professional role was in 'Romeo and Juliet,' and I played Tybalt, who was Romeo's enemy, in a small production of that in the U.K.

I had to go to Hollywood to recharge my career.

I've been fortunate enough to travel the world because of my career, but the downside has been spending long spells apart from my daughters.

There's a wealth of literature out there which, hopefully, will be, you know, exploded in the future, and I personally find it very rewarding to be involved with classic storytelling, and sort of legendary characters.

Even if it's a thriller or a comedy, it's always a love story for me, and that's what I concentrate on, because the love stories are my surrogates for the argument: two people in conflict that see life differently.

The thing is, comedy's gone in a weird direction. People are really into ironic comedy and fakeness and cleverness.

I know from doing stand-up, I don’t want to do a joke that I don’t trust."

It's not that Millennials don't believe some things are serious. We'll make 'It Gets Better' videos or perform comedy for disaster relief. But sum up our lives in a phrase? The Importance of Never Being Too Earnest.