Screen Work Always Boils Down To That

I Enjoy Playing Villains - I'm Very Proud That I Belong To A Very Honorable Tradition Of British Actors Who Come To Hollywood To Play The Bad Guys. At Some Point In American Film, I Think There Was The Idea That The British Accent Had A Tone To It That's A Little Bit Naughty.

My Father Was A Waiter Basically, And When I Got My First Professional Job As An Actor, I Left A Job That He Found Me For Half The Amount Of Money. So Anyone Would Think That They're Stupid, That That Would Be A Stupid Move.

I Think Enjoying Each Other In A Creative Way Is Usually A Result Of When You're Doing Something That Might Be Problematic - Might Be A Little Difficult To Uncover. I've Done It Once In A Stage Production; We Came In For Two Days And, Just As An Experiment, The Director Had Us Reading Each Other's Roles. You Hear Another Voice Interpreting A Line That Maybe You Were Having Trouble With. It Can Be Very Helpful. But We Weren't Really In The Kind Of Situation Where That Was Necessary.

The Worst Thing That An Actor Can Do Is Go Into Any Project With A Lack Of Respect For The Material. You Can Have An Opinion About It, But You Have To Respect Yourself In Doing It.

When I Was Younger I Was Always Big; I Was A Fat Boy At School. I Had An Early Growth Spurt, And When I Went To Secondary School I Was Tall Enough To Be A Policeman.