I watch a film and the most important thing to me is what I think of the movie.

It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.

America's been very, very good to me. I've been very lucky and worked a lot there, and appreciate and love the work that I've done.

I'm the git in the family.

One of the views of the [actor's] job is that whatever age you are, there's a role that's about who you are and where you are. There are parts for that age that you can bring things to.

I'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.

As far as career goes, make sure you're in it for the right reasons - and make sure that the work itself is the most important thing.