One can never take the cynicism one comes across in life too seriously.

Theres nothing like standing in a place and wanting nothing so much as to change but simply not being able to.

I open myself up every time I walk on screen and give you everything that I am. There are parts of me that are in every movie that I've done. That to me is what my job is.

I certainly identify with the role of mentor and, to some degree, maybe teacher. I do a lot of work with kids at the Old Vic.

Over the years, I've been trying to build a relationship with an audience. I've tried to maintain as much of a low profile as I could so that those characters would emerge and their relationship with audiences would be protected.

Whether thats positive or not, people are talking about the Old Vic Theater again with passion and commitment and controversy and debate.

I'm lucky if I find one movie a year that's worth doing, and when I do find one, it usually only takes 20-30 days to shoot.