The clergy is in the same business as actors, just a different department.

[Bong Joon-ho'] is quite different but technically, he is as clever as [Alfred] Hitchcock. That's saying something. In humanitarian terms, I think he is much cleverer. He is one of the best directors I've worked with. I absolutely adore working with him.

If you listen, you learn; if you talk, you don't.

I certainly don't see myself as Caligula.

It's a great relief to feel that you're working with someone rather than for someone. You don't feel that you're being tested, as it were.

'The Elephant Man' was hugely enjoyable to do. I thought the one stage, when Chris Tucker did the first makeup and it took 12 hours, I thought they'd actually found a way for me not to enjoy filming.

I think it's interesting to see how things come into and go out of fashion.