It's great to get out of the study and work with real living and breathing people.

I like L.A., but I think whats changed is that the kinds of films I do, the mid-range dramatic film, has become an endangered species.

Often I think the novels I read won't make very good movies - I better not say which I'm looking at for potential films! - but it's nice to have an excuse to just sit and read for a whole day.

I love films. If I'd known how to get into or do it from the word go, I would have done that.

I find I have to give myself a day when I just shut myself off and do nothing but read.

If you take a really good book, then the potential is for a really good film. But you've got to get it right.

It's great to get out of the study and work with real living and breathing people.