The Climate Informs The Character.

I Am A Smoker, I'm Ashamed To Say. I Had Given It Up For Many Years, Then Picked It Up Again. It's A Horrible Habit. I Struggle With Myself All The Time. And I Love To Smoke. An Actor Has To Be Very, Very Careful, As One Of The Most Wonderful Props - And Actors Love Props - Is A Cigarette. There's So Much To Do With It: You Can Bring It Up To Your Face, Play With The Smoke. It's Just The Greatest - Ever Since I Was 16 And In Acting School In England, I've Been Playing Around With Cigarettes.

I Think I Understand The Line Between My Job And The Director's. I Have No Interest In Directing. Not My Movie, Not Your Movie, Nobody's Movie.

The Power Of Television - It's So Present In Our Lives, We Don't Even Know How Powerful It Is.

There Is A Wealth Of Knowledge To Be Understood From Others' Work, Don't Get Me Wrong, And When I Do Stumble Upon Others' Work, It's Not Lost On Me.

I'm Very, Very Serious About What I Do. I Think There Are A Lot Of People Out There Sort Of Thinking It's Anybody's Game. You Know, "you Pick Up A Camera And You Make A Movie." My Experiences Over The Years Have Taught Me There's A Lot More Than That To Making A Film - There's Also Getting The Film Seen, And All Kinds Of Complex Realities.