I Have Never Felt Bereft Of Anything.

I Think The Actor Has A Tribal Role As The Archetypal Story Teller. I Think There Was A Time When The Storyteller, The Priest, The Healer, Were All One Person In One Body. That Person Used To Weave Stories At Night Around A Small Fire To Keep The Tribe From Being Terrified That Sun Had Gone Down.

It's Sir Ben. I've Not Been A Mister For Two Years.

I Didn't Go To Drama School Because, From The First Refusal I Then, As I Said, A Couple Of Weeks Later, Was Offered A Professional Job, Where I Am Immensely Grateful To The Journey.

I Don't Want To Be Like The Actor Who Rehearses Everything In The Bathroom, Then Comes To The Set And Carries On Completely Uninterrupted While The Other Actors Tiptoe Away. I'm So Dependent On Reacting To The Other Actors On The Set, And To The Director. I'm Very Responsive. I React. And I Treasure The Energy That Reaction Gives. I Feed Off That And Work Off That. I Don't Like To Be Too Prepared, No. However We Define Too Prepared, If I Feel It's Getting That Way, Then I'll Back Off. My Line-learning Is Very Special. I Like To Learn The Dialogue Of The Whole Film Before I Arrive.

Shock Is Shock. Your Body Goes Into Shock, Regardless Of It Being Real Blood Or Fake Blood. The Mind Sends Powerful Messages To All The Various Glands And Secretions In The Body. It's Impossible Trying To Act It; It Just Happens. It's A Very Important Question: No Acting.