You should be careful what you wish for, as the reasons for war get confused. One person can be very clear in their motives, but others can have different agendas.

I just love jumping into someone else's life. It is a relatively cheap way to experience things you would be too scared to contemplate in your own life.

I am an actor through and through.

The point is to be involved in the moment.

You're making a movie, not a documentary. If you made a film like the historians would like you to make, you're not going to go and see it. I'd rather see paint dry.

I tend to do golf charity things because it's much safer and you don't get much chance of a broken arm or leg.

When you do bigger films, the financiers take more risks.