If you are supposed to be villainous and have some sort of agenda, I like the idea of delivering that kind of character in a perfectly well-mannered way.

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

I don't think there's an improvised word in the movie. I hope not because I admire writing. Improvising is kind of gambling. It's just that you're standing up.

I know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.

I really have no interest in delivering the iambic pentameter, I just want to kill myself. I don't mind other people doing it. I say that, but really I don't want to watch other people doing it. I get embarrassed.

I don't seem to be able to learn from experience or anything useful. History doesn't help me. Precedents don't inform my experience.

My dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious.