My weak spot is laziness. Oh, I have a lot of weak spots: cookies, croissants.

I love the hour in makeup. It gives you time to think and have a cup of coffee. It's my favorite part of the day.

My life has been a kind of mystery to me. By all my logical, linear thinking I started out in school as a little boy, I didn't have a clue about anything. What they were talking about in school, couldn't play sports, couldn't learn, and I was bottom of the class.

I don't push my luck. I don't worry about the results and therefore everything seems to work out well. That's something I've learnt over the years. The whole thing about the acting business is that it's a hit-or-miss game so I keep my distance from it.

Non-expectation and acceptance. Because expectation leads to resentment and depression, so I have no expectations.

When you are at the right age to play Hamlet you are still to young and immature to play it. It is much later, when you get the life experience and the emotional power, that you understand Hamlet or Macbeth.

My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker.