I don't think there's much point in putting me a deep, dark, heavy, emotional film because there are people who do it so much better than I do.

And film acting is incredibly tedious, just by its nature. It's incredibly, mind numbingly slow.

I play the sort of character who would sell his grandmother for career advancement, something I've come across a lot with actors.

Most actors really love it, that's what they want to do. They burn to do it. And so they'll read a script and think, that's an interesting part. And because they love acting, that blinds them to the fact that the rest of it is pretentious nonsense, which it very often is.

Japanese women have always loved my films, even when no one else did. Ever since I made 'Maurice' in the 1980s, I've been getting hundreds of letter from Japanese girls. They definitely have a special place in my heart.

For any new technology there is always controversy and there always some fear associated with it. I think that's just the price of being first sometimes.

You know everyone loves to be the villain.