I couldn't handle the rules the Queen has to live by at all, and very few of us could. It's a golden cage, really. You're never alone in that role - you are always surrounded by security.

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.

Once a film gets into production, the actors sometimes begin to have more input than a writer does.

The whole thing of clothes is insane. You can spend a dollar on a jacket in a thrift store. And you can spend a thousand dollars on a jacket in a shop. And if you saw those two jackets walking down the street, you probably wouldn't know which was which.

Actors are rogues and vagabonds. Or they ought to be.

The timing of comedy is so difficult. You've got to leave room for a laugh, you don't want to kill the laugh, but on film, you can't just suddenly stop for a laugh and then carry on. So, I think it's a real art form, comedy on film.

People become more interesting from about 25 - they develop character and their personalities come out.