People forget that Mozart wrote for commissions. There's a thing in psychology where they think if it's popular, it can't be serious.

Most of my last 30 years have been like that. Results and manifestations of things I'd dreamed of as a young kid and wanted as a child and as a young man. I realized it maybe 30 years ago. I thought, "This is unreal. This has happened as I expected it to, as I'd pictured it." My whole life has been like that and I'm fascinated by that power that we all have. That we create our lives as we go.

The trick is not to get too fanatical about getting the accent too accurate because then that becomes a mask. What I try to do is just painting and sketching some of the sounds without obliterating my own voice.

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

If you have high expectations you're going to get resentments and all kinds of tension.

I don't have any [favourite role]. I'm just a working actor.

Oh yes. I'm an actor, so I just learn my lines, and show up and do it. I gave it a little bit of thought.