I Think There Should Be Laughs In

Those Of You Who Are Not Aware Of My Brilliant Career As A Stand Up Comic, I'm Not Aware Of It Either So We Might Well Wonder What We're Doing Here.

Certainly As Actors, And Maybe As Directors, You've Got To Hang On To Something Childlike. You've Got To Know What Play Is. I Haven't Worked With Mike Leigh, But I Know Him Very Well And There's Something Open In His Eyes About What's In Front Of Him. And The Same Is True Of Alfonso In A Mexican, Mad Way. There's An Enthusiastic Response To Something. Neil Jordan, The Same, When He Gets Excited . You Just Want To Know There's A Human Being In There.

I Have A Love-hate Relationship With White Silk.

Any Actor Who Judges His Character Is A Fool - For Every Role You Play You've Got To Absorb That Character's Motives And Justifications.

I Think There's Some Connection Between Absolute Discipline And Absolute Freedom.