On His Fight Scene With Hugh Grant

Actors Are Basically Drag Queens. People Will Tell You They Act Because They Want To Heal Mankind Or, You Know, Explore The Nature Of The Human Psyche. Yes, Maybe. But Basically We Just Want To Put On A Frock And Dance.

It's Hard To Get Yourself Into A Position Where Someone Will Trust You To Direct A Film Anyway, Whatever Sex You Are. Certainly In England, The Film Set Is A Very Male Preserve. There's A Lot Of Very Rough Looking Men Pushing Equipment Around That Don't Want The Gaffer To Be A Girl.

I Have Almost No Memory Of Them [st. Trinian's Films]. I Don't Think I've Seen Them Since I Was Quite Young. I Was A Bit Frightened Of The Girls. I Fancied Them. Even Though I Was Young, I Found Them Attractive And Rather Frightening. I've Always Been Attracted To Frightening Girls! I'm Married To One!

I Have A Very Long Relationship With America. My Mother Grew Up There And I Felt To Some Extent That I Partly Belong There. I Was Schooled There Briefly For About A Year.

I Like Playing Strange Characters. Some People Might Say It Has Something To Do With A Hidden Part Of Myself, But I Think It's A Lot Simpler Than That: Normal People Are Just Not Very Interesting.