I'm doing my bit for the women's movement. The women have always been naked in movies, and now I'm just desperate to take my clothes off as much as possible.

There's something very self-conscious about a writer who's addressing his reader. Don't do that.

I like the idea of being a sculptor. Just me alone, making something - that solitary existence.

A lot of parents tell their children that if they want to be an actor, that's fine, but they should do something else first, so they've got something to fall back on. It doesn't work like that, as far as I'm concerned.

I was determined to make working with UNICEF not just something that I did on the trip but something I'd do for the rest of my life

I wanted to make sure that I was making films about the world. So I thought well, I should go and see it. I'm spending a lot of time in - we call them caravans in Britain.

Actors don't like to read what they're supposed to do.