[Regarding he and Joseph Fiennes appearing in both Shakespeare in Love and Elizabeth] "He got to make love to Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett. All I got was an Oscar nomination". "My career has been in theatre for 23 years, with spits and coughs in bits and pieces of films. Scott [Hicks] very nicely said my entire career had been my audition [for the role in Shine]".