Shakespeare Doesn't Really Write Subtext, You Play

When You Play A Character That Is So Emotionally Closed There Are Times When You Ask Yourself If You Are Doing Enough And If It's Reading. That Is Where You Have A Director, Who Is The Barometer Of What You Are Doing.

I Had A Guitar When I Was 6 Or 7, A Plastic Guitar With The Beatles' Faces On It. It Would Be A Collector's Item Now. It Would Fetch A Hefty Sum, I Imagine.

As An Actor, You People-watch, You Observe. And The More Famous You Become, The Sad Thing Is You Lose The Ability To Do That. Instead Of People-watching, You Become The Focus Of Attention.

The Industry Has Changed. Two Years Ago I Could Tell A Company I've Got Russell Crowe And That Would Get The Film Made. Now They'd Ask 'and Who's The Girl?' Just One Famous Face Isn't Enough Any More.

I Drank For About 25 Years Getting Over The Loss Of My Father, And I Took The Anger Out On Myself. I Did A Good Job At Beating Myself Up Sometimes.