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

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

I was a student in London in the '70s, so CBGB really wasn't on my radar at all. Obviously, I was aware of the emergence of the Police in England and as an art student, I was very aware of David Byrne, but I suppose my musical taste at that time certainly didn't stretch towards the Dead Boys or the Ramones.

All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening.

The point about a great story is that it's got a beginning, a middle and end.

I have every sympathy for writers. It's a mystery to me what they do. I can edit. I can cross out and say, 'I'm not saying that' or, 'How about we move this to here? Wouldn't that make that bit of the story better?' But where any of it comes from is beyond me. I will never write a play or a novel.

I have a love-hate relationship with white silk.