I think I was really bored at school. I was quietly clock watching for years. I went to 10 schools because my dad was in the Army and we moved around a lot.

I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different.

Some actors - you work with them once and don't even think about working with them again.

Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find?

Good FBI officers are not noticeable. You would never look at them.

I went to Art College and during the summer I made a movie with my brother. I got hold of a little camera, wrote a script and dragged my brother, Tony, out of bed to help me (which he did not like), so that we could shoot a film every day for six weeks. It was made for £65 and it was called Boy On A Bicycle.

And anyway, it's only movies. to stop me I think they'll ahve to shoot me in the head.