Success In The Movies Has Pushed Me

Baz [luhrmann] Paid Me One Of The Greatest Compliments Ever. I Don't Know Him, Really, But When I First Met Him I Was Congratulating Him On Romeo + Juliet - Which I Think Is A Wonderful Adaptation - And He Said, "oh, Well We Couldn't Have Done It Without Your Richard Iii, Which Was An Inspiration!" I've Never Quite Checked Up On The Dates To See Whether Or If, In Fact, We Did Our Film Before He Did His.

I've Played An Awful Lot Of People That Other People Would Call Villains, But That Isn't A Very Helpful Attitude To Have If You're About To Play Them. They Are Just People, And They May Do Dreadful Things And Say Dreadful Things, But Your Job As An Actor Is To Know Why They Do Them Or Say Them.

I Don't Make Much Distinction Between Being A Stand-up Comic And Acting Shakespeare - In Fact, Unless You're A Good Comedian, You're Never Going To Be Able To Play Hamlet Properly.

A Few Years Ago, A Friend Said To Me: "you Do Realize, Ian, When X-men And Lord Of The Rings Come Out, Your Life Will Totally Change?" I Didn't Know What He Was Talking About, But He Was Right. My Life Has Totally Changed - But In A Good Way. Unbeknownst To Me, It's Given Me A Lot More Confidence.

Ever Since The Invention Of The Camera, People Have Been Trying To Create 3d, Because We See Things In 3d, And Everyone's Aware That The Camera Doesn't.