The first role I ever did... I played a Nazi skinhead..

Well, I think first it was rare for me to do anything that had any kind of a romantic note to it..

If you meet somebody who's spent any length of time in prison, you don't let your guard down. Ever. And really, that's what that was about-if you ope….

There is less pressure as a character actor. It generally means that you will be acting for all of your life, which is my intention. It is not my int….

How would you compare Polanski or Kubrick? I try not to do any comparisons..

I will watch everything that Cary Grant did, or Kubrick made or Bergman..

Everyone is an abused child, if you think about what governments do..

I can't do anything else. So if this falls through, I'm screwed..

A character I would love to play is Iago, from Othello..

There just seems to be more acceptance now of other kinds of British films, than the picture-postcard ones..

The better the writing, the easier it gets..

Certainly coming to America has been extraordinary..

I'm sick of very white teeth and lots of gymnasium practice. I'm bored, you know, send in the next one. I wanted a real man that I could believe was ….

The only thing I won't do is theater..

I don't care to analyze acting. On the other hand there is a fascination because distributors are putting out British films. You get films here with ….

I like the idea of experimenting with different kinds of formats, and I think you've got to keep on your toes and keep changing..

You read a script and its based on 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Pulp Fiction', and it goes right in the bin..

Television has changed. The very nature of it is not even television anymore..

I miss my family, and I like being a tourist when I go back..

I'd seen musicians act, and it scares me. And they make more money than me..

A good part of why I never went back to England was part of that, I didn't want to be in those sort of flowery films. But I think it's a nice change ….