Writer-directors are a little bit more liberal, rather than having just the writer on the set, because I think sometimes the writer becomes too precious with the words. If you're a writer-director, you can see what you're doing and see your work in action, so I think you can correct it right there and still not compromise yourself.

I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who wrote this crap?

I'm old enough to never say never. I never had a grand plan with what I was going to do. There are some movies that I would like to be involved with, but I'm trying to be a working actor.

There's a whole catalogue of actors that never went to acting school.

You cant act for the editing. You just go in and do the scene the way you think is right.

I love England and the historical aspect of it.

This is my first experience working in a foreign movie, but the mechanics, I think, are pretty much the same all over; you still have to wait in the trailer.