I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can bring with it wonderful responsibilities.

Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.

My line-learning is very special. I like to learn the dialogue of the whole film before I arrive.

I think that most actors, and they're a very strange lot actors, very strange people, but I think that they attempt to keep in touch with the child.

The biggest surprise in a man's life is old age.

I think that you can fall into bad habits with comedy... It's a tightrope to stay true to the character, true to the irony, and allow the irony to happen.

When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.