I don't do all of this as an indulgence. I do it because I'm not a good enough actor to not do it.

The greater your powers of self-delusion, the greater will be the apparent efficacy of this untruth.

Quite honestly, if I were doing work related to a living being or historical being where there was visual or audio recordings available, I would find that extremely difficult because I don't know how you would avoid the process of mimicry. And mimicry, to me at any rate, is a very dull prospect.

I suppose the place where I live is fairly remote, it would seem remote to some people.

Leaving a role is a terrible sadness. The last day of the shooting is surreal. Your soul, your body and your mind are not ready at all to see the end of this experience. In the following months after a film shoot, one feels a deep sense of void.

I can't re-examine work I did in the past with pride.

Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation.