I hate it when something is set in 1967 and every piece of furniture was made in 1967. No! If it's set in 1967, people have furniture given to them by their grandmother, which she bought in 1932!

In the acting game, you spend a long time fighting against what the director perceives you to be. And half the time the directors don't know.

I find the world more absurd now than I did when I was a kid.

Watching people just look out for themselves, I think, is extremely interesting. It goes right back to something like 'The Beggar's Opera' - the underbelly of society, how it operates, and how that reflects their so-called betters.

I know virtually no one of my age who can remember a hug, or a smile from their father, or a 'Let's go play football.'

Every film I've ever worked on, and that includes 'Braveheart' and 'Trainspotting,' I've always witnessed a director having a breakdown. Every director will have a day, without exception, where they just can't do it anymore, they don't know what to say to their cameraman, their cast. It's the sign of real, physical exhaustion.

You have to just go with your imagination, where your instinct takes you.