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A Lot Of Film Directors Are Quite Scared Of Actors. They Are A Bit Of A Nightmare Sometimes, But I Like Them. It Looks Like Cunning, But You Try To Get Extra Things From Them All The Time, By Stealth, By Making Them Feel Confident, So They Trust You And You Can Push A Bit.

Clearly, You Can Think Back And See That A Character Has Had Enormous Odds Stacked Against Him And Has To Overcome Them. It's Usually A Guy, I'm Afraid. But Then You're Setting Up A New Movie You Have Amnesia About These Meetings, When You've Discussed It More Analytically.

It's Interesting, The Worse Things Get In Cities, The Tougher That Cities Get, The More Brutal The Humor Is. The Tougher Things People Face, The Darker The Sense Of Humor Gets And I Find That Incredibly Optimistic.

Come A Crisis, We Want Other People.

I Always Say To Anybody Who's Going Over To America For The First Time, 'whatever You Do, Go And See A Popular Mainstream Film With A Big Audience.' Because People Shout Out. You Never Get That In Britain. Everybody's So Quiet, Scared To Laugh. It's Like Being In Church.