I Didn't Know The Green Lantern Comics

When People Come And Tell Me I Was Terrific In This Or That, I Do Not Want To Fall Flat On My Face Next Time. But, Tough, I Have Fallen Flat Before. You Just Get Up And Dust Yourself Off.

There's Often Rarely Any Dialogue In A Sex Scene. With Your Fellow Actor, It's Good To Talk About What The Unspoken Dialogue Is, That's Happening In The Scene. You've Got To Play Something Rather Than Feel Self-conscious Or Exposed.

Sometimes You Do Feel A Script That Glows In Your Hand The Moment You Start Reading It. By Page Four Of Shakespeare In Love, I Said, 'i Have To Be In This Movie.

I Suddenly Became Aware Over The Last Couple Of Years That I'm In My Sixties. I Never Thought About It. I Thought I'd Better Start Acting My Age Or Find Roles That Are Going To Be Interesting To Me In The Sexagenarian Repertoire, Because It's Not What You Do In Your Forties Or Fifties.

I Did Not Want To Put Myself On The Line, As An Australian Playing Britains Greatest Comic Actor. The Fans Of Sellers Are Obsessive, Possessive - And Aggressive. I Did Not Want To Risk Their Anger - Or My Own Reputation.