Anybody who pitches a story or an idea for a film to an executive, whatever the latest hit is, is what you're comparing it to.

People love solving puzzles, and you always love it when somebody smarter than you is solving puzzles.

I depend a lot on my own judgment, for better or worse.

Anybody who pitches a story or an idea for a film to an executive, whatever the latest hit is, is what you're comparing it to.

When complicated characters aren't well drawn, they're boring.

To be a working actor in England is a life. I think it's harder in this country. Either you are a superstar or a starving actor.

There's a new television generation coming in every five or 10 years, and the classic stories stand up to being redone.