The important bit for an actor is the actual shooting of it, because the minute the shoot ends, it's got nothing to do with you anymore.
Mark StrongI have an enormous amount of respect for Nicole Kidman. She's just done so many great movies and she's been out there at the forefront of carrying films and being a movie star. On set, it really pays dividends because when you're performing with her, she knows exactly how to play it. You don't have to compensate for her in any way.
Mark StrongI'm not a writer, inherently. Most of the writers I've met have stories they need to tell. I don't have that. I'm an interpreter. I like getting a script, seeing a character and thinking, "Oh, wow, I know what I can do with that."
Mark StrongIn the past, if I didn't work, I didn't eat but now I feel I can not work and I won't starve.
Mark StrongI got sent the script [ Before I Go To Sleep] as usually happens and you have a little look. I know it's a bit of a clichรฉ, but it was absolutely a page turner. I mean, I wanted to find out what happened next.
Mark StrongI had this extraordinarily bizarre moment when, two Fridays ago, my missus gave birth to our second child at 11am and by the same time the following day I was sitting around a table with Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio in Rabat in Morocco, rehearsing a scene we were going to shoot the next day.
Mark Strong