At school, I always wanted to belong to a gang, and no one would have me. So I'd have make my own gang, but with everybody else's leftovers.

I do consider myself as being French, I suppose.

Successful films are very dangerous things.

I know people think that I always play these characters who are in control and can chop someone's head off with a look.

You know those drugstore kits that tell you when you're pregnant? They should have one that tells you when you're sane.

I know I can be bolshy and really unpleasant, and it always happens if I lose confidence in the people I'm working with. If I've got no confidence in what I'm doing and they don't provide me with some assurance that we're doing the right thing then I bully people. I'm a horrible bully.

As an adult, it's a huge shock to be orphaned; as a child it's just hideous, ghastly.