My life is really precious. I don't want to spend it watching ambient TV that just drifts through you. I've got better things to do.

It has taken a long time for me to be able to really just be in front of the camera.

If you're playing Hitler, you don't play Hitler as an asshole. Hitler believed what he was doing was right. Any of those monsters and any serial killer believes in what they're doing. I play it subjectively.

I think the James Bond thing has sailed. But of course I would want to be a Bond villain. They are great parts. I think it's highly unlikely, but one can always dream.

One of the things I like about doing historical films is drawing the line between now and then.

Ring tones are just irritating, aren't they?

To be brutally honest, I am a little bit of a Clint Eastwood nerd. Clint Eastwood who was the man who drew me into movies. When everybody else was watching Star Wars, I was watching Fistful of Dollars.