Relish everything that's inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life.

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.

No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.

And I love a scary movie. It makes your toes curl and it's not you going through it.

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

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.

It's such a pleasant surprise when you come on set and you find someone in charge like Ken Branagh or James Ivory. You know that you're going to do a day's work and at the end of it, it's going to be good.