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Once You Get Into Your Stride, The Camera Becomes Like Another Person In The Room. It's Like Being In A Very Small Theatre Where There Is No Getting Away With Anything Because The Audience Is Centimetres Away From You.

When I Was A Child I Wanted To Be A Petrol Pump Attendant. I Suppose You Have All Sorts Of Thoughts As A Child And At The Time I Figured That It Was A Way To Avoid Doing Anything Like Going On Stage.

I Do Get Funny People Sometimes Coming Up To Me In Supermarkets In America With My Picture In Their Pocket, Which Is A Bit Strange.

In Orthodox Film-making, You Never Shoot Sequentially - But With Improv, Obviously Every Move You Make Has A Knock-on Effect; It Is A Cumulative Process. I Have Improvised, On The Non-scripted 'timecode.' It Can Become Entirely Indulgent: Actors Smashing Crockery And Competing Verbally.

If I Was Going To Make A Broad Generalisation, I'd Say That I Prefer The Company Of Women. People Know Now That I Live With Mike Figgis, But I Prefer Not To Talk About It. On One Level, Privacy Is Important, But On Another Level I Have No Desire To Deny Certain Things.