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.

Harrison is very much part of this one, but really it’s about finding him; he comes in in the third act.

If I have to, I'll go and direct theater and talk till the cows come home.

I don't ever blink, honestly.

I spend a lot of my time just developing material; or the company does. That material can come from a book, can come from a newspaper, can come from a discussion and sometimes it can come from a script that got passed over and is floating around.

I like my wine and vodka, but that doesn't mean I fall about drunk. I know my limits.

Films like Harry Potter and Narnia, I'm sure they'll do another one. The biggest audience of course is the youngsters.