Hitchcock used to believe that if there were three or four memorable scenes in a film that would be enough to drive it, but I don't know if that's true or not.

Everything that you do is a challenge. And acting is just building up your concentration and being able to listen and to do the ridiculous.

Historically, actors have been made very famous for roles that were something that was far - - Richard Widmark comes to mind (playing Tommy Udo in "Kiss of Death") or something like that, where you do some famous role and everybody imitates you for the rest of your life. But obviously it's much more fun to play something you're not than it is to play something you are.

If you feel like you've got something to offer you should do it while the iron's hot.

My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest - and everybody agreed rugby was. It's a great team sport, and to be successful, every person has to play in the same level.

In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey.

Nobody knows diddly. They just think they do. And the people that think they know the most know the least.