I Get Stage Fright And Gremlins In

I Was A Student In London In The '70s, So Cbgb Really Wasn't On My Radar At All. Obviously, I Was Aware Of The Emergence Of The Police In England And As An Art Student, I Was Very Aware Of David Byrne, But I Suppose My Musical Taste At That Time Certainly Didn't Stretch Towards The Dead Boys Or The Ramones.

Older People Say, 'oh I Loved You In 'sense And Sensibility,'' And That's The Only Film They Want To Talk About. Equally, There Are People Who Only Want To Talk About 'galaxy Quest.' And There's A Whole Bunch Of Teenagers Who Only Want To Talk About 'dogma.'

I've Learned, Having Been On A Lot Of Sets, The Good News Is That By Definition You Are Surrounded By Experts. They Get Fired If They're Not - Unlike In The Theatre!

I Don't Play Villains, I Play Very Interesting People

Do You Know That Moment When You Paint A Landscape As A Child And, When You're Maybe Under Seven Or Something, The Sky Is Just A Blue Stripe Across The Top Of The Paper? And Then There's That Somewhat Disappointing Moment When The Teacher Tells You That The Sky Actually Comes Down In Amongst All The Branches. And It's Like Life Changes At That Moment And Becomes Much More Complicated And A Little Bit More Boring, As It's Rather Tedious To Fill In The Branches.