I can't imagine that anyone in Hollywood is sitting around trying to decide what actor is good or right or qualified for a role and is being denied a role because of their political views. I don't think that's the way Hollywood works. We're not living in an era of blacklisting.

Look, I might have lived in England for the last several years but I'm still an American citizen and I have not given up my right to privacy.

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

Storytelling helps us understand each other, translate the issues of our times, and the tools of theater and film can be powerful in helping young people to develop communication/collaboration skills, let alone improving their own confidence.

If I'm sick of me, I can only imagine how other people feel.

The control is shifting because of the democratisation of the internet. My industry is very good at building walls to stop people getting in.

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.