I Teach For The Book Trust, Which

I Teach For The Book Trust, Which Promotes Reading And Writing With Children.

There Is This Miraculous Thing I Heard Hugh Grant Talking About - The Thing About Screen Acting Is That You Can Read People's Thoughts. You Are Trying To Register Something Inside And Usually The Eyes In Cinema Are Where You Will Register That.

I Was A Fan Of Hitchcock, But More Importantly Than That, He Is Such An Inscrutable Man, And A Very Carefully Inscrutable Man. He Apparently Was Blank-faced With A Calm And Controlled Presence. I Was Immediately Anxious And Thought, 'how Am I Going To Get Behind That?'

I'm Very Fortunate That I Get Asked To Do Very Different Kinds Of Roles And I Realize How Much I Enjoy That. I Enjoy The Challenge Of Transformation. There Are Actors Who Play One Character, Or A Certain Kind Of Character, The Whole Of Their Lives. I Really Relish The Opportunity To Have The Challenge To Totally Transform.

It's Hard To Imagine Anyone Interested In Film Not Being A Fan Of Alfred Hitchcock Because He's Such A Key Influence On The Entire History Of Cinema - It's Hard To Escape His Shadow.