I'm sick of very white teeth and lots of gymnasium practice. I'm bored, you know, send in the next one. I wanted a real man that I could believe was my brother, my father, you know, my next-door neighbor - a real person.

How would you compare Polanski or Kubrick? I try not to do any comparisons.

I'm so scared of doing theater. I've got stage fright, although they keep asking me to come back.

There is less pressure as a character actor. It generally means that you will be acting for all of your life, which is my intention. It is not my intention to just be a rich and famous person, that would be pretty boring.

There just seems to be more acceptance now of other kinds of British films, than the picture-postcard ones.

I can't do anything else. So if this falls through, I'm screwed.

I like the idea of experimenting with different kinds of formats, and I think you've got to keep on your toes and keep changing.