I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it.

Then I did one fight scene, and they said it looked good. Because I did it well enough, they've given me more.

I grew up in the theater, and you can't improvise Shakespeare and Ibsen. You have to speak the language. But obviously, in a contemporary film, there's often room for improvisation and spontaneous things that happen. As long as I know what I'm trying to achieve in the scene, and when something comes up, I know that the response is genuine, I'm comfortable. That's really how I build everything.

And when I go to see plays, I marvel at how people can do that. I've done it all my life, but I still find it mystical.

I like the fact that Jack is always wearing a tie except when he's on a mission. I do like it when I get out there and dress up, or dress down, a little bit.

The joy is when you work with great actors, it just comes to life in a way that you never even imagined.

The stage is where I feel most comfortable, and I miss it all the time.