I like television that grabs you by your throat.

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 older I get, the less I should be doing.

Im not a big fan of patterns. I like the unexpected.

Actors are their own worst enemies. They quite often will get in their own way, and I have to be encouraged, endlessly, not to get in my own way.

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.

You need to be disciplined and you need to try to occupy a zone of acting that is always quite scary because you don't think you're doing anything.