I Have Never Wanted To Be Typecast,

There Are Not Many Things In My Life I Can Be Absolutely Proud Of Or Certain I Got Right, But One Of Them Is That I've Got Better As An Actor. I've Learnt How To Do It. And I Still Have Enough Energy To Do It.

Baz [luhrmann] Paid Me One Of The Greatest Compliments Ever. I Don't Know Him, Really, But When I First Met Him I Was Congratulating Him On Romeo + Juliet - Which I Think Is A Wonderful Adaptation - And He Said, "oh, Well We Couldn't Have Done It Without Your Richard Iii, Which Was An Inspiration!" I've Never Quite Checked Up On The Dates To See Whether Or If, In Fact, We Did Our Film Before He Did His.

I'm Dead Against The Idea That You Should Try To "cure" People Of Being Gay.

It Was Wrongly Assumed That I Wished To Become Some Sort Of Leader Among Gay Activists, Whereas In Reality I Was Happier To Be A Foot Soldier.

I Can't Take On All The Worries Of The World, You Know. I Can Only Talk About Being Gay And Being An Actor. I'll Have To Leave Those Other Battles To Somebody Else.