A huge part of acting in movies is appetite. You do your best work when you've got a lot of appetite and you really want to embrace something. When you get tired, you don't have that hunger.

There's something to play if there's conflict going on. Whatever that conflict is, that's where drama is; if the character is grappling with something you've got something to play, there's layers to it.

When you are shooting action, there is a satisfying thing because your objectives are very clear.

When I was younger, people used to say you only really prove yourself as an actor on stage. And I disagree with that. Some of the finest acting I've ever come across has been for film.

You see these actresses who have had Botox or something else done, and it takes you out of the film.

Movies are certainly a director's medium, so getting the opportunity to work with really good directors is everything to me.

I've done a number of things based on real people or true stories or based on books, and I'm a great believer that you have to be true to the script.