Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and I perhaps know from either the script or the first meeting that it isn't going to work.

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The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure...

The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure...

I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have...

I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have...

If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.

If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.

Filming is so much to do with rhythm, as is music, and if it isn't...

Filming is so much to do with rhythm, as is music, and if it isn't...

I think Romeo and Juliet is uplifting. That's how much a son wishes to avenge...

I think Romeo and Juliet is uplifting. That's how much a son wishes to avenge...

Somewhere in your career, your work changes. It becomes less anal, less careful and more...

Somewhere in your career, your work changes. It becomes less anal, less careful and more...

I would like to make it known, on this program, loud and clear, that I...

I would like to make it known, on this program, loud and clear, that I...

I think that all of us either lose touch with the child inside us or...

I think that all of us either lose touch with the child inside us or...

I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the...

I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the...

As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.

As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.

But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.

But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.

There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating...

There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating...

There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough...

There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough...

I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.

I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.

With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise...

With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise...

I do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6...

I do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6...

I've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending...

I've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending...

As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be...

As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be...

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice,...

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice,...

I'm very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and...

I'm very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and...