I used to think that prizes were damaging and divisive, until I got one, and now they seem sort of meaningful and important.

I did actually sit down with a blank sheet of paper once. I think the phone rang and that was the end of my literary career.

If I'm going to appear in front of people I like to look my best.

You can ruin your life wanting to be an actor.

Actors always talk about taking their work home and I always think: 'What are you on? You just turn it off. You are at work and then you go home.'

I think in the old days, everybody used to act really quickly because Hollywood was built by theatre people.

When you've been going on about something for a while, it is always satisfying to discover that other people agree with you.