I don't torture myself. And I do the work because of the pleasure involved. I'm satisfying a compulsion I find nigh-on irresistible. It's not necessarily because of the work itself. I just feel the need for a period of regeneration afterwards. Like leaving a field fallow when you've grazed too much on it. I feel depleted.

The word Amendment itself is an encouraging thing, isn't it? Because an amendment, it tells of a system of government that allows for the improvement of itself. Just move forward a little bit, one day at a time.

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

I'm not really a storyteller myself - I tend to get all tangled up when I try and tell stories.

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.

The last time I was on a small set would've been probably My Left Foot.

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