Hamlet Is An Astonishing Intelligence.

In England, It's Now Sir Ben. Mister Has Just Disappeared. It's Not Even On My Passport Anymore. They've Taken Mister Away From Me.

My Wife And I Have Now Founded Lavender Pictures. If One Has One's Own Company, There Are Very Few Surprises, But There's Still The Actual Thrill Of Trying To Get These Projects Off The Ground. We're Meeting With Some Measure Of Success. Always, Now And At Any Stage Of My Career, I'm Open To Ambush, But There Have Been The Most Extraordinary Set Of Coincidences, Which Continues Through My Journey, And I Find It Thrilling. Often, Out Of Left Field And Quite Randomly, Comes A Project And I Think, "my God, There You Are!" It's Quite Beautiful, Really.

I Don't Want To Be Like The Actor Who Rehearses Everything In The Bathroom, Then Comes To The Set And Carries On Completely Uninterrupted While The Other Actors Tiptoe Away.

I Just Loved Playing A Man Who Was Unafraid Of Making An Idiot Of Himself In The Process Of Falling In Love. I Found That Admirable.

If It's A Really Well Written Villain, He Probably Has More Layers Than The Archetypal Good Person. So That Would Be Very Attractive To An Actor. No One Chooses To Be A Villain; It's Usually A Reaction To Something Else.