I don't necessarily wait for that massive leading role. I want to keep the juices flowing.

You can have a laugh in Los Angeles, or you can weep in Los Angeles, depending on your attitude towards it.

I like people to be surprised by the turn of events. I don't want things just to be pat and formulaic. If there's some sort of internal combustion in the character or a desire to change the way things are going, that makes for conflict, which is the essence of drama.

Our press is the most disgusting in the world.

My phrase has always been that I am looking for the versatility of theatre in film. I think I have been quite lucky in that so far.

Somebody referred to me as a ringleader, which I wouldn't have classed myself as, but anyway, there you go.

I like the personality of the Belgians. They're deeply eccentric, which is something that comes across in their design - terrific.