You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One thing I often notice is that the actor is looking for his mark, the place where he has to stand to be in the right place in the shot.

If you think you're going to be up for an Oscar, you schedule your moviemaking.

One of the main things about Cockney is, you speak at twice the speed as Americans. Americans speak very slow.

A lot of my best parts I've been the second choice for, so you never get too egotistical about anything.

Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write.

I'm trying to work only with established, respected directors. I took a lot of bad scripts and worked for a lot of lazy directors, and it was discouraging to go to the screenings and see that the director had added nothing, the editor had added nothing, there was nothing to see.

I don't have to work, really, but I do enjoy working, and I do enjoy getting paid.