It must be hard interviewing actors.

I avoid talking about the way I work. But in avoiding it I seem only to have encouraged people to focus their fantasies about me in an ever more fantastical way on the details that are not at all at the centre of the work.

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.

You don't merely give over your creativity to making a film - you give over your life! In theatre, by contrast, you live these two rather strange lives simultaneously; you have no option but to confront the mould on last night's washing-up.

I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.

There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment.

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