When I am asked about influences, I always say I bow down to Fred Astaire, because when you look at him dancing you never look at his extremities, do you? You look at his centre. What you never see is the hours of work that went into the routines, you just see the breathtaking spirit and freedom.

I never expected to have any kind of film career, to be honest. It was all a bit of a surprise. But I was in a big hit play on Broadway. America, as many people will say, says yes more often than we do. And so I was suddenly surrounded by people saying yes. But I was aware that was 'cause of what I was in. It had a big impact.

When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter.

It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising.

I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.

I have this feeling that if I could sort out what's on my dining room table, everything would fall into place.

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.