[On being voted 1999`s coolest couple with Natalie Appleton, by Elle magazine] I thought, `this is just too funny`. Then, they read my name out and it was highly embarrassing.

[About his relationship with Angelina Jolie] For a while, it was a very intense relationship, very passionate, and you can never regret being involved in something like that. It was sad that it ended, but I wouldn`t change a thing about it. Well, except maybe my haircut.

I don`t think any actor has the luxury of knowing exactly what scripts are going to turn out well and what ones aren`t. It would be wonderful to have that particular skill, and maybe people like Tom Cruise have it more than most, but you go into each project hoping that a good, if not great, film will come out the other end. All you can do is look out for good scripts, and interesting people to work with.

If you`re serious about what you`re doing, you`ve got to keep your head and follow your instinct. Maybe you won`t reach the same dizzy heights as others, but you will get something back. I`d go anywhere to work, so long as it`s worth it.

New York and LA are both great places to visit, but I wouldn`t want to live in either of them now. I find New York extremely claustrophobic and dirty. LA is quite a nice place. But there`s no hustle and bustle, no street life. Everyone`s going from A to B in a car. Why did I leave [America]? My relationship [with Angelina Jolie] was going bad and I missed England, simple things like smells and major things like the British sense of humour.