I've never been conscious of having any real career plan, and I do not have a wish-list of actors, directors, screenwriters, or cameramen I'm hoping to work with. Life, I feel, has a way of leading us to the right situations and people, or at least to interesting ones.

In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.

With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.

I hate divers, like Cristiano Ronaldo, who might be the greatest athlete in the sport, but he's a big baby. If things are going well he's great, but when things are going badly it's the ref's fault, it's his teammates' fault.

The first decade of your life is really important; it's formative.

It's just like with people. You're going to get along better working with them - human or equine - if you ask politely rather than demand that they do things.

People talk about method actors, meaning someone that's prepared very, very well, or whatever they mean when they talk about it. But the right method is whatever works for you. And what works for me on any given day is going to be different.