Political Correctness Has Become A Straightjacket.

One Of My Career Ambitions Was Fulfilled Working With John [hurt]. I Loved His Work Long Before I Ever Had The Idea Of Being An Actor, So I Was Nervous To Meet Him. I Was Like A Fanboy, Like That Annoying Character On 'saturday Night Live'. I'm Sitting There. 'do You Remember When You Were In 'midnight Express'? Remember That Scene You Were In?' And He Doesn't Disappoint.

I Still Don't Have A Publicist. If I'm In A Film, You Have An Obligation To Promote It, I'll Do As Much As I Can.

What Other People Think Of Me Is None Of My Business.

Impressionists Have To Paint With A Very Broad Stroke Because You've Got To See It Within A Couple Of Seconds. You Go, "that's A Really Funny Robert De Niro." As An Actor, Though, You Look At Different Aspects Of A Character. I Try To Completely Surround Myself With The Assignment. It's Like Being In A Big Cloud And Then Some Of It Rains Through.

There Will Always Be Spies. We Have To Have Them. Without Them We Wouldn't Have Got Osama Bin Laden - It Took Us Years, But It Happened.