I Want Any Excuse To Come Home.

It's Dangerous Talking About Yourself Too Much Because You Find Yourself Talking In Sound Bites.

I Never Felt I Was Quite The Ticket Academically. I Always Felt I Had To Put In An Enormous Amount Of Effort Not To Be Disappointing. So I Worked Really Hard, But At The Time It Suited Me, Because I Didn't Do Very Much Else.

I Thought A Parent's Job Was To Tell Their Children Not To Go Into Acting As A Profession!

It's Very Difficult To Find The Time Or The Money For People To Organize Rehearsals For Some Movies. It Staggers Me How Little Preparation Often Goes Into These Scenes Which Are Difficult And Complicated. You Think, "god, It's Crazy. I've Never Met This Person Before And Here I Am Having To Work At How To Do A Whole Performance On The Set." It Was Great To Have A Few Days Of Just Talking To Michael [caine] And Daniel [barber] And Thinking About The Characters And The Relationship Between Them Before We Started Shooting.

I Had Friends At School, But I Was Never Part Of A Gang And I Dreamed Of That Sense Of Belonging To A Group. You Know, Where People Would Call Me 'em' And Shout Across The Bar, 'em, What Are You Drinking?' After The Show.