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.

You know, London is so sprawling, and you can sometimes forget that anybody else is on a stage anywhere else.

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

I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.

Being on the stage in New York is always exciting because you feel like you're part of the life of the city.

Snow Cake is a lovely film. Really proud of that. We shot it in 21 days. I thought Sigourney was amazing in it. And very, very accurate. I think there was some element that thought she had pushed it too far. But not at all when you do the amount of homework she had done and spent the amount of time she did with adult autistics. She was right on the money. And I think Marc Evans is a terrific director. He's a sweet, open, honest man and a really good director of actors.

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