It's generally more fun playing the villain

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

I find aspects of the industry tedious and hard to manage.

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

If I'd seen a grown man beating a crippled boy, of course I'd intervene. If my father died and left my mother destitute, it's your instinct to take care of her. So when I started to think about it in those terms, it started to make sense to me

I think the work is always going to be much better when it's important and personal to you.

I don't just look at things as an actor. I've also written several films, so I look at it as a storyteller and I know if something worked and should have been in there for the benefit of the story and the benefit of the character.