My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of accident.

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I'm always aware of the camera and it feels like that's the audience.

I'm always aware of the camera and it feels like that's the audience.

There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.

There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.

If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.

If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.

I think worrying things are going on in England - a real apathy.

I think worrying things are going on in England - a real apathy.

I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me

I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me

Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.

Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.

If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there's only one topic of conversation.

If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there's only one topic of conversation.

Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit...

Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit...

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their...

All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their...

I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking,...

I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking,...

On film you put all your energies into a single glance.

On film you put all your energies into a single glance.

The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.

The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.

It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising.

It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising.

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter.

When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter.

Somebody with Debbie Reynolds' features doesn't get cast as the Wicked Witch.

Somebody with Debbie Reynolds' features doesn't get cast as the Wicked Witch.

Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them...

Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them...

If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work.

If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work.