I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.

He [John Le Carré] really paid tribute to the people who are willing to risk their own lives to fight injustice - they are greater men and women than I.

It's really hard to make a good film; it's really, really hard. So, the director's very important, and a character that can be described with more than one or two adjectives, maybe with contradictions. Contradictions are always good because that's truthful.

Working with a green screen is easy. It's just like being a kid. But it's not nearly as satisfying.

I wasn't a person who was longing forever to have a baby; the desire came up suddenly.

I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.

People believe in you more after you've won an Oscar, but it's up to you what choices you make.