Bob Hoskins

“It's not easy to walk out on a marriage and two young kids, and it's the most difficult thing I've ever had to do.”

“One of the things I've realised is that I am very simple. My wife asked me once if I loved her. I said: 'Look love, I'm a simple man. I love you. End of story.' But I guess you gotta keep saying it with women. I guess she needed reassurance.”

“I realised one day that men are emotional cripples. We can't express ourselves emotionally, we can only do it with anger and humour. Emotional stability and expression comes from women.”

“Quantum physics is a bit of a passion of mine. It's extraordinary. There's a branch of mathematics that is based on lunacy, and that's wonderful.”

“I'm a feminist, yes! Very strongly.”

“I am fairly rich. Money's very handy, let's face it.”

“I'd say I am partial to women.”

“I've watched films and even forgotten I'm in them.”

“It's your life, live it your way.”

“Actors are just entertainers, even the serious ones. That's all an actor is. He's like a serious Bruce Forsyth.”

“I'm very romantic. I've emptied flower shops.”

“I've played so many historical characters because most horrible dictators are short, fat, middle-aged men.”

“Monogamy is a possibility - and a necessity. Kids have got to have something they can rely on. You have got to have something you rely on.”

“If you are going to do a film properly you have to give yourself completely to it.”