It's always very strange to have your life dramatized because it never happens like that. Things will be different.

Often jobs are un-turndownable even before you read the script. You go, "Well, I have to do that."

When working abroad you work pretty hard, but with time off, this is the greatest job in the world. You drive. You explore Memphis, or wherever you've landed, or go and see Dr John, or the Californian landscape. And, yes, I've had a few good meals.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.

We're interested by public personas and private personas, otherwise we wouldn't put on with actors rambling on with the same kind of stuff, over and over again, saying variations of the same thing. I'm always amazed by how fascinated people still are by actors because it's the same version of events that actors describe, all the time.

I do always feel very proud and flattered by being asked to be a part of American productions playing American characters.

There are far more good actors than there are jobs for them, so it's a big question of luck.