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 don’t like to rehearse. And I couldn’t understand how you could go through eight weeks of rehearsal, without exhausting every possibility. To the point where, you know, you would just lie gasping on the floor!

I like to learn about things.

I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.

When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.

For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal... has always been the work of other actors.

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.