Sometimes you just can't walk away from films you're offered, like the Dylan Thomas thing.

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

I don't have any problem working with first-time directors because all directors have to start somewhere and all great directors have had a first film. So, if you take the view that you don't want to work with a first-timer, you might miss out on a fantastic opportunity.

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.