Parts Win Prizes, Not Actors.

The Directors You Trust The Most Are The Ones, When You Ask Them A Question, They've Got The Guts To Say, 'i Don't Know.'

Do You Know That Moment When You Paint A Landscape As A Child And, When You're Maybe Under Seven Or Something, The Sky Is Just A Blue Stripe Across The Top Of The Paper? And Then There's That Somewhat Disappointing Moment When The Teacher Tells You That The Sky Actually Comes Down In Amongst All The Branches. And It's Like Life Changes At That Moment And Becomes Much More Complicated And A Little Bit More Boring, As It's Rather Tedious To Fill In The Branches.

Every So Often You Read A Play And A Character Just Speaks To You - Almost Seems To Speak Through You, In Fact.

When I Am Asked About Influences, I Always Say I Bow Down To Fred Astaire, Because When You Look At Him Dancing You Never Look At His Extremities, Do You? You Look At His Centre. What You Never See Is The Hours Of Work That Went Into The Routines, You Just See The Breathtaking Spirit And Freedom.

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.