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As An Actor There's A Lot Of Scrutiny And, Even When You've Had Success, It Becomes About Sustaining That Success. A Friend Of Mine Described It As A Peakless Mountain. Even For Robert De Niro There's Al Pacino And For Pacino There's De Niro.

If I Do A Film And Have To Get Naked, That Tends To Dictate How Often I Go To The Gym. Acting In 'richard Ii' On Stage Was A Huge Physical Workout, So I Ended Up More Toned Than I Normally Am.

I Find That What Doubt Does, Or Fear, Is It Makes You Come Up With As Many Ideas As You Possibly Can. And On Film That Works 'cause You're Then Handing Over That Fear To The Director, Who Has To Make Sense Of All Those Options!

Learning Lines Is Hard For Me Because I Have The Attention Span Of A Six Year Old. That's Why Being On Planes All The Time Is So Useful - I'm Forced To Learn Out Of Boredom.

Actors Who Perhaps Are Super-confident And Have Absolute Belief In Themselves I Always Admire, Because I Can't Really Be Like That.