I'm not a communist, of course. But I do think that everything is down to economics. Capitalism doesn't change.

Words can be used for venal purposes. Words are incredible sources of propaganda and can cause terrible havoc.

Directors always used to be like the police to me - the enemy, the people to tell me what to do when I didn't want to do it. But I've lived with one for a while now and I guess I can put myself more in their position. You shouldn't be too sympathetic to them.

We're all idiots when we're young. We don't think we are, but we are. So we should be.

It seems to me that the years between eighteen and twenty-eight are the hardest, psychologically .

Americans are very good at animating voices. I don't know why. They have a freedom with them that we British actors find more difficult to get to.

Patience can be a good thing - but not necessarily. Sometimes it's not so bad to be impatient. I'm a little bit too polite.