If You've Done A Brilliant Version It

Aging Is The Diminishing Of Early Fearlessness.

Frankenstein Feels Like An Ancient Tale, The Kind Of Traditional Story That Appears In Many Other Forms. It Appeals To Something Very Primal, But It's Also About Profound Things, The Very Nature Of Life And Death And Birth - About, Essentially, A Man Who Is Resisting The Most Irresistible Fact Of All, That We Will Be Shuffling Off This Mortal Coil.

I Feel More Irish Than English. I Feel Freer Than British, More Visceral, With A Love Of Language. Shot Through With Fire In Some Way. That's Why I Resist Being Appropriated As The Current Repository Of Shakespeare On The Planet. That Would Mean I'm Part Of The English Cultural Elite, And I Am Utterly Ill-fitted To Be.

So Many Plays With Magic In Them That Would Be A Terrific Invitation To An Imaginative Animation Team.

When I'm Acting, I'm In The Director's Hands. I'm Very Happy To Be. I Like To Be Focused On What I'm Doing.