I think the best actors are the most generous, the kindest, the greatest people and at their worst they are vain, greedy and insecure.

It's quite hard for people to just accept that they're very contradictory.

My definition of success is control.

I think the best actors are the most generous, the kindest, the greatest people and at their worst they are vain, greedy and insecure.

Truth is like most opinions - best unexpressed.

Helena Bonham-Carter and I sat down to talk about [Cinderella movie] and she said, 'I really want to do it but only one thing I insist on and that's wings.' She had to have wings and [costume designer] Sandy Powell didn't want wings to begin with but had to be talked around, but that was fun.

I don’t feel in a kind of race or competition with him or anybody else, because that kind of reactive thing isn’t good, or isn’t useful for natural creative instincts