Quotes

I can understand that the whole world is interested in my wife. That's even why I married her.

We are not that flash, me or the missus. In fact, we are quite low-maintenance.

I am relatively familiar with getting a good old rumping from the critics. In some cases, the critics just didn't like the film - fair cop. Others, I think, didn't understand it.

I'm not politically motivated. I used to be - passionately. I used to be very Left wing. Then I went very Right wing, and now I rest somewhere in the middle.

The English countryside is the most staggeringly beautiful place. I can't spend as much time there as I like, but I like everything about it. I like fishing, I like clay- pigeon shooting. I am not involved in any 'issues' because it's too sensitive for me - or my wife - to get involved. Every time we express an opinion it becomes a whole thing in itself. And the whole purpose of living in the countryside was to get away from hundreds of people. My wife fell off a horse, and suddenly there are hundreds of people around.

I'd like to work with the missus, but there's nothing in the pipeline at the moment.

As I get more and more involved in the child's world with Rocco [his son] I'm getting interested in making a film for children.

[working with wife Madonna] Creatively, we like the same sort of things, so it just makes sense to work together.

[on claims by Madonna's brother that he's homophobic] You'd be hard pushed to be a homophobe and marry Madonna!

[on being shocked by Charlie Hunnam's physique for King Arthur] He never seems to carry more than 6% body fat. When he first took his top off, I was horrified. Usually I have to work with actors and they take their top off and I'm horrified in the wrong way. But Charlie walked in all pleased with himself with his 26-pack ready to rumble.

[on his star Charlie Hunnam's fitness level] He's always in good shape. I don't know if you have seen him today but I can tell you that there's more fat on a chip [British food item] than there is on that boy.