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.

The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.

I didn't go to drama school because, from the first refusal I then, as I said, a couple of weeks later, was offered a professional job, where I am immensely grateful to the journey.

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 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 think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language.