Trust yourself that you can do it and get it

One of my great all-time loves in cinema, and I've seen it three times, is Bondarchuk's 'War and Peace.' Not a lot of people may have seen that film. It was made during the Soviet era.

The cold-audition process is not a science, so I ignore that.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.

It's pretty hard to get mugged in Manhattan.

When you're in theater or the circus or film - to me it's all one - affairs happen. People fall in love.

My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education – from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.