I Stopped Working A Few Years Ago

We're Not Allowed In The Cutting Room - And That's Extraordinary. So, When A Director Is Asking For Certain Nuances And Colours And We Feel That They're Phoney, But We Do It Because The Director Asks For It, That's The One That They Pick In The Cutting Room. And I Contend That When You See A Movie With Bad Acting, Don't Blame The Actor... Blame Those Guys In The Cutting Room Because They Like That Take.

People Like Johnny Depp Are An Exception. He Is The Current Model Of What An Actor Should Be. His Body Of Work Speaks Volumes. He Was So Under-rated For So Long, But He Will Have Longevity - And It Is Such A Gratifying Thrill To See He Is Finally Getting The Recognition He Deserves.

So, They Had This 40-odd Year Friendship With Each Other And With Mr Harwood. So, When I Came On It Albert, Tom And Maggie Were In The Cast. But Then Albert Wasn't Up For It, So He Had To Withdraw.

I Came In On This Movie After There Had Been A Director And I Came In After Tom Courtenay Had Talked To Ron Harwood About Making A Movie. So, You Know Tom And Albert Finney Had Been Friends Since The Beginning Of Their Career As They Became Stars Around The Same Time - Tom Always Reminds Me That Albert Was First With Saturday Night And Sunday Morning And Then Tom With The Long Distance Runner.

I Walked Out Of The Theater And Started Crying. My Wife Asked Me, 'why Are You Crying?' I Said, 'because I Can't Do That.' I Didn't Know How He Did It. I've Never Seen Anything Like That. It's Like This Feat, This Rodin Sculpture To Me. It's Like Hearing An Opera Singer And The Tears Go Down Your Face Because It's Not Human What They're Doing. It's Like Sounds Of Heaven.