My wife and I have now founded Lavender Pictures. If one has one's own company, there are very few surprises, but there's still the actual thrill of ….

If one is going to offer children stories that underneath the story must be something that will inform, stimulate and guide, I love to be on board. I….

There are some directors, lesser in confidence or skill, who make the actor feel very uncomfortable because you feel you're auditioning for them, eve….

One of the greatest things drama can do, at it's best, is to redefine the words we use every day such as love, home, family, loyalty and envy. Traged….

I love storytelling. If you strip all the bits away, what you'll find at the center is a storyteller. As I warm to my career and love it more, I have….

Sometimes it's right to do the wrong things and right now is one of those times..

My line-learning is very special. I like to learn the dialogue of the whole film before I arrive..

I don't want to be like the actor who rehearses everything in the bathroom, then comes to the set and carries on completely uninterrupted while the o….

John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London..

I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language..

I think Romeo and Juliet is uplifting. That's how much a son wishes to avenge his father. That is how much two young people can love each other..

In order to inhabit a villain, you mustn't care what the audience think of you. That's not why you are there. You mustn't care for a second whether t….

The leaping Jaguar on the bonnet, to me, makes it look more like a hunter than something that is getting away. It's a hunter. Richard III definitely ….

I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting..

Family is family over the internet, over Skype, over the telephone. Love is love. You don't have to actually go through some ritual to prove that you….

I'm so dependent on reacting to the other actors on the set, and to the director. I'm very responsive. I react. And I treasure the energy that reacti….

The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed..

The biggest surprise in a man's life is old age..

In cinema, the leading player is the director..

I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had..

With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise to do..