The one thing that I appear to have been given, bearing in mind that I am capable of being very, very scatty and extremely lazy, is the ability to co….

Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of..

Acting is about people. Other people. Otherwise, you're not acting, you're doing monologues..

I find it difficult to be in rooms now for long periods of time. I can usually take it for about an hour. Then I stride out..

I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching..

I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot..

I don’t like to rehearse. And I couldn’t understand how you could go through eight weeks of rehearsal, without exhausting every possibility. To the p….

I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people..

I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people..

If you remain unsettled by a piece of writing, it means you are not watching the story from the outside; you've already taken a step toward it..

I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish..

Just stay alive, no matter what occurs! I will find you. No matter how long it takes, no matter how far. I will find you!.

I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else..

For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal... has always been the work of other actors..

I am more greatly moved by people who struggle to express themselves...I prefer the abstract concept of incoherence in the face of great feeling to b….

A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character..

I'm woefully one-track-minded..

When I was younger, I made some decisions that I shouldn't have. And, in hindsight, I've almost always been wrong when I haven't listened to myself..

As actors, we're all encouraged to feel that each job is the last job. They plant some little electrode in your head at an early stage and you think,….

Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation..

Leaving a role is a terrible sadness. The last day of the shooting is surreal. Your soul, your body and your mind are not ready at all to see the end….