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

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I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.

I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats...

Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats...

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...

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.

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

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

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.

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.

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.