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.

Obviously, the arrogance of my own nature in regards to other people's work would suggest that I think I'm talented.

You collect as much information as you can and then you put it into the mulberry of your mind and hope that you come up with a decent wine. Sometimes you do; sometimes you don't.

I'm not interested in awards. I never have been. I don't think they are important. Don't get me wrong, if somebody gives me a prize, I thank them as gratefully as I know how, because it's very nice to be given a prize. But I don't think that awards ought to be sought. It encourages our business to be competitive in absolutely the wrong way. We're not sportsmen; we're not trying to come in first.

We all have our limitations.

Each day, as you get older, there is a new perspective on life. It's a progression of some sort.

You can see areas where maybe you got a bit lazy, perhaps, or you see when you were really on form. I think an actor is very like a sportsman in that respect. You have periods where you're in terrific form.