I don't want to be like the actor who rehearses everything in the bathroom, then comes to the set and carries on completely uninterrupted while the other actors tiptoe away. I'm so dependent on reacting to the other actors on the set, and to the director. I'm very responsive. I react. And I treasure the energy that reaction gives. I feed off that and work off that. I don't like to be too prepared, no. However we define too prepared, if I feel it's getting that way, then I'll back off. My line-learning is very special. I like to learn the dialogue of the whole film before I arrive.

I do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6 or 7, my fantasy was that everywhere I went I was being followed by an invisible film crew.

There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating and wonderful place to be, when things are running well.

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

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

You want to know what I want? I'll tell you what I want. I want back what Bobby Fischer took with him when he disappeared.

I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job.