I Wanted To Be A Journalist, I

I Don't Normally Watch Films I'm In Because I'm Squeamish About That And It Takes Me Quite A Long Time To Recover And I Have To Go To Work. I'm Not Being Coy Or Cute, But It's Just True.

I Admire David Hare As Much As I Admire Certainly Any Writer Ever. What I Like About His Writing Is It Is Very Conscientiously, In One Way, An Attempt To Reproduce The Way People Actually Speak, But It's Not Just An Attempt At Naturalism. It's Stylised And It's Heightened, To Great Effect. It's Elegant And It's Funny And That's The Way To My Heart, Frankly.

I'm Lucky That I Get To Play A Wide Variety Of Parts.

All Actors Who Have Been Around For A Long Time, Which I Have, And Have Been Skint For Long Periods, Which I Have, Find It Difficult To Turn Down Jobs. If I Turn Anything Down My Stomach Turns Over. I Feel Sick. It Feels Like Gambling.

One Is That You Legislate According To Natural Selection, The Other Is That You Don't. You Have Compassion, You Try And Help People. It's A Fundamental Clash Between Two People Who Happen To Love Each Other, Which Complicates Everything.