Good Dialogue Is Very Important.

Film Is Very Much About Capturing The Essence Of Things - If You Feel It, And You've Got The Right Person Shooting It, It'll Come Across. Theater's A Different Animal; It's Physically Different And Requires A Different Discipline. In The Theater, You're Mining The Same Material, Constantly Honing The Same Thing, Executing It And Keeping It Alive And Fresh.

I'm Not The Kind Of Actor Who Goes Into Exhaustive Research For Each Role.

I've Got Actor Friends Who Didn't Get Breaks, Who Struggle And Worry About Things That I'm Fortunate Not To Have To Worry About.

Kids Before They're 7 Or 8 Are Like Little Manic Obsessives. They Become Completely Hooked On Things And They're Slightly Crazy.

I'm English And I'm Used To Coming From A World Of Period Dramas, Where There's A Very Polite Restraint To Everything. Everybody's Sort Of Sitting In Drawing Rooms.