I suppose it's a very highly developed form of denial, but some part of me completely denies that I'm a performer.

As actors, we're all encouraged to feel that each job is the last job. They plant some little electrode in your head at an early stage and you think, 'Be grateful, be grateful, be grateful.'

I still relate to my father very much. I mean, I talk to him in a certain way, as we do talk to the dead.

I've got a serious-looking head.

I suppose that anyone who does any kind of creative work some time in their life - especially as you grow into middle age! - you come to a time where you really question more and more frequently, whether you have anything else to offer. And at its worst, you feel utterly bereft of whatever creative force it takes to do that work.

I think some actors thrive on working at a much greater pace than I do.

I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else.