Acting Is Mostly About Listening. If You

I Never Expected To Have Any Kind Of Film Career, To Be Honest. It Was All A Bit Of A Surprise. But I Was In A Big Hit Play On Broadway. America, As Many People Will Say, Says Yes More Often Than We Do. And So I Was Suddenly Surrounded By People Saying Yes. But I Was Aware That Was 'cause Of What I Was In. It Had A Big Impact.

I Was Coming From A Very Cerebral, Dark, Difficult, Layered Play By Christopher Hampton And Doing An Action Movie In Hollywood (die Hard) With Explosions, And I Was Holding A Gun.

So You Can't Judge The Character You're Playing Ever.

Older People Say, 'oh I Loved You In 'sense And Sensibility,'' And That's The Only Film They Want To Talk About. Equally, There Are People Who Only Want To Talk About 'galaxy Quest.' And There's A Whole Bunch Of Teenagers Who Only Want To Talk About 'dogma.'

I Think Every English Actor Is Nervous Of A Newcastle Accent.