I don't do anything that would ever come across as advice or suggestion, but it's just part of a debate. Like, "I would like to try this," or "Let me do another one with more stillness, let me emphasize that." Rather than "I think you should emphasize this, I think" - you know, I don't impose choices.

All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.

There's so much crap talked about acting.

I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies.

As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be alive by now.

There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance.

The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know them inside out, while standing on your head!