My Father Was A Waiter Basically, And

My Wife And I Use A Lot Of Garlic And Rosemary With Roast Lamb. It Has To Be New Zealand Lamb. The Domestic Variety Is Too Gamy, In My Experience.

I Think Enjoying Each Other In A Creative Way Is Usually A Result Of When You're Doing Something That Might Be Problematic - Might Be A Little Difficult To Uncover. I've Done It Once In A Stage Production; We Came In For Two Days And, Just As An Experiment, The Director Had Us Reading Each Other's Roles. You Hear Another Voice Interpreting A Line That Maybe You Were Having Trouble With. It Can Be Very Helpful. But We Weren't Really In The Kind Of Situation Where That Was Necessary.

I Think I Went Through Early Years Of My Career Sort Of Thinking, "well, Maybe I'm Just Not British Enough." And I Always Remember My Father Saying To Me, "don't Think You're English, Because However English You Feel, Some Englishman Is Going To Remind You That You're Not." Now, For Him It Must Have Been A Much More Acute Experience, Because He Immigrated To England. I Was Born There, So I Kind Of Felt I Had The Right To Assume That I Was British, But It's True. The English Are A Very Warm And Welcoming People, But There's A Streak In There That Reminds You, Occasionally.

The Big Stars I Felt A Kinship With Were Never The Romantic Leads. It Wasn't Steve Mcqueen Or Robert Redford - It Was People Like Walter Matthau And Anthony Quinn. My Big Hero Was Tommy Cooper.

Every Job Is Different. I Don't Think That I've Ever Had That Wonderful Feeling When You've Finished A Job Or Where You Feel Like You've Mastered It Or Sort Of Nailed It... You Can Never Be Satisfied. If You're Satisfied, It's Time To Retire.