I don't really think of myself as quirky; I have sort of an unusual sense of humor.

Doing a film, or being sent scripts to look at a certain character, it's very odd for me. I tend to take it very personally.

I questioned everything. I didn't see a character developed in Platoon at all. The character in Blue Velvet was much more fascinating to me

The difference with doing a play is that you are in control. In film you are in the hands of the director and the editor and the producer

I've done Graham Norton's show three times now. He tackles taboos and subject matter that wouldn't make it past the censors in the States

The film world is a crazy place to be. You sit around all day waiting for the phone to ring. Are people talking about you or aren't they?

For the time it takes to make the film, you are treated like a cosseted pet. Then the process is over, and you're hung out to dry. It's like being a mink.