Acting Is A Sort Of Pressure Cooker

I Just Directed The Jungle Book With Cate Blanchet And Christian Bale.

I'm Quite Contrary. If People Agree On Something, I Tend To Gravitate The Other Way By My Nature. I Don't Like To Be Told What To Do. I Think It Goes Back To School. I Like To Do Things I Want To Do And I Really Don't Like Doing What I Don't Want To Do.

We've Never Had Nannies. We've Had Great Grandparents, Great Support From Family, And The Kids Have Been On Every Set: They've Seen Me Play Gollum, King Kong, Captain Haddock, The Lot. They Totally Get It, And They Want To Go Into The Business. Ruby, My Daughter, Is Very Keen To Become An Actress.

As Long As You Have The Acting Chops And The Desire To Get Inside A Character, You Can Play Anything.

I Love Acting And Certainly Won't Give It Up, But It's Part Of A Bigger Canvas For Me Now.