I was a slightly melancholy child and I think films were a way of escaping for me.

It's generally more fun playing the villain

So I try not to do press and if you can keep the balance of keeping a certain degree of anonymity and do interesting work then you can hope for a degree of career longevity

Good roles are hard to come by, and whether they're a few lines or a lead, you snap 'em up when they come along

Most people that work in [show] business, if they're not gypsies by nature, become gypsies, just because of the reality of this business.

I'm reading scripts, desperately wanting to work. I've set a couple of things up for next year

And I just want to work with good directors and good people.