There are two things that have been happening over the last few decades in my opinion. First, there have been unbelievable, remarkable, pioneering advances in technology and, second, an equal amount of evolution in creativity. These two shifts are meeting at an intersection.

Sometimes you walk away from playing somebody and you think, "Wow that was far as from my own experience as I can possibly be." And sometimes you walk away thinking, "Wow. There are qualities in that character that I didn't realize I had." And those can be both interesting and uncomfortable.

I like being able to go to a local pub and have great food and particularly love pubs that welcome my dogs.

If there is one thing I object to, its actors talking about how tough their jobs are.

When the story is good enough, people can watch something three times the length of an opera.

I'm aware that, from the outside, this looks like I've got quite an ego.

But I feel that I have a responsibility to help the film and I have relations with the studio and with those who put up the money so that I can tell a story that I believe in.