However happy the director is, I have to be okay with it. I'm pretty strict with myself, about throwing things out or trying to be true to whatever the situation dictates.

I think if you were known for playing something other than being a nice guy then people might be a little less likely to take liberties with you. If you are Ray Winstone, and people have seen you kick a few people to death, then they are a little less likely to approach you or whatever.

Most people have a passive relationship with music and clothes, with culture. But music was my first contact with anything creative. Music is it, as far as I'm concerned.

What makes Shakespeare eternal is his grasp of psychology. He knew how to nail stuff about us as human beings.

I only really watch my own films, I don't watch any other films and I don't particularly like any other actors.

I like things that are simple, such as an alarm clock.

People misunderstand me.