One of the most, in a weird way, encouraging things a director can say to an actor - I know this as an actor - is when you ask them a question, they say, I don't know - 'cause it means there's some space there for you to find out. And it means that there's going to be a process.

A wounding tongue. I'm working on it. Perhaps its the Celt in me.

I don't play villains, I play very interesting people

My definition of palatable might be slightly different from yours.

Actors are actually very supportive of each other.

I was coming from a very cerebral, dark, difficult, layered play by Christopher Hampton and doing an action movie in Hollywood (Die Hard) with explosions, and I was holding a gun.

I always feel that when I come to Edinburgh, in many ways I am coming home.