Whether You're A Believer Or Not, I

It Takes Years To Establish Yourself, And Then You Have One Big Film And Everyone Calls You An Overnight Success. You Think, 'christ, I've Been Sweating And Crying For Seven Years.'.

I Fall In Love With Contradictions Without Understanding. I Can't Really Portray Them Unless I Do. So In A Roundabout Way I Have To Fall In Love, It's My Duty. If Love Is About Understanding And Understanding Is Compassion And Compassion Is Love, I Have To Have Compassion Towards The World.

I Think Religion Might Throw Up A Kind Of Resistance, But I Think If One Talks About Conditioning We Can All Kind Of Understand That.

Merlin Is Really At The Forefront, In That Regard. We Get A Glimpse Into The Dark, Machiavellian Corridors Of Power. I Like The Fact That, Although He Has Powers, His Powers Are Almost In His Political Guile As Much As What He Relies On, In Darker Forces.

When I Was Offered The Part In Shakespeare In Love A Voice In My Head Said 'not Another Tights Role!