I'm A Quite Serious Actor Who Doesn't

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.

Maverick Is A Word Which Appeals To Me More Than Misfit. Maverick Is Active, Misfit Is Passive.

And It's A Human Need To Be Told Stories. The More We're Governed By Idiots And Have No Control Over Our Destinies, The More We Need To Tell Stories To Each Other About Who We Are, Why We Are, Where We Come From, And What Might Be Possible.

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.

On Film You Put All Your Energies Into A Single Glance.