Ray Winstone is a down to earth kind of guy, that's one of the things I love about him as an actor. On the Parkinson show tonight he will be talking about how hard he found it kissing Angelina Jolie all day.

"...I had a day of kissing her in Beowulf...I'm a Viking king and I’m 7'2" with an 8 pack. The training I had to do! And I spent a whole day kissing her and it was hard work, it was tough!

I got home and my wife said I was very quiet, as you would be! And she said 'What's a matter with you?' I said 'I've just had a bit of a tough day'. She said 'well what you been doing?' I said 'I've been kissing Angelina Jolie'. She replied 'well somebody’s got to babe'."

Is the quote courtesy of Digital Spy.

Winstone is a great actor, someone I love watching onscreen and I think that a lot of his acting weight comes from the fact he is just a normal bloke. I just wish he'd get more lead roles, he's very similar to Sean Bean in these respects.