I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me.

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

Equal partners aren't always what we envision as being manifestly equal. Equality can come in many different shapes and sizes and combinations.

I think the actor has a tribal role as the archetypal story teller. I think there was a time when the storyteller, the priest, the healer, were all one person in one body. That person used to weave stories at night around a small fire to keep the tribe from being terrified that sun had gone down.

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

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

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity.