I find what I call the [bleep] side of the industry very difficult. You won't see me at other peoples' premiers. I mean, I go to my own premiers because I have to help my film, but I don't enjoy that whole side of it. I don't enjoy celebrityhood. I love getting a seat in a restaurant. I love it when people say hi when I don't know them. I mean, that's fine, but apart from that, I like the elements of celebrityhood which make living in the world like living in your own village.

So the better my partner or my opposition, however you like to think about it, the better my game.

I try to avoid doing movies where I act with tennis balls. It's ultimately incredibly tedious.

Sadly, one's parameters are constantly narrowed by one's success.

Anywhere I can ski in the morning and sell a movie in the afternoon is good.

Now in my theater training I showed no aptitude at all.

And trust, yes, which is important, but that is what I aim towards. Now that is difficult for some people, and with that desire to get things as good as possible, I would say that I’m probably regarded as quite prickly to work with.