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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.

You can lull the paying customers as long as they get slapped.

You can lull the paying customers as long as they get slapped.

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.

I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic.

I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic.

Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I...

Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I...

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.

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're...

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're...

If you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine.

If you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine.

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.

My idea of a real treat is Magic Mountain without standing in line.

My idea of a real treat is Magic Mountain without standing in line.

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.

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...

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

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

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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.

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.