I Feel Very At Home In An

I Like The Hot-cold, The Sugar-salt, Being Able To Play Over-the-top And Dramatic Things - In The Same Film. Just As In My Life, I Can Be Very Funny And At Other Times Almost Extinguished.

I Can't Speak American Dog Very Well. There Was A Lot Of Improvisation With Uggie - Like When I Put The Dog On The Table Or Sometimes I Follow Him, Sometimes He Follows Me. I Had A Lot Of Treats In My Pocket. We Worked With Omar Von Muller, The Dog Trainer. It Was Very Easy Because It Was A Big Movie.

I'm Happiest On Set Because I'm Not Myself. I'm Someone Else. The Moustache, The Dinner Jacket. It's Not Me. You're Always This Sort Of Double, And It's Liberating. Imagine Being Stuck With Yourself... All Those Doubts.

I Wasn't Dyslexic, I Was Just Very Slow. I Passed My Time Daydreaming.

In Many Cases For An Actor It's A Comfortable Position To Be In. But It's Harder To Fail As A Director.