I'm very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.
I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.
The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.
All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.
The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.
I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies.
Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and I perhaps know from either the script or the first meeting that it isn't going to work.
I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me.
I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.
I think that various styles and methods and approaches are an invention of people who don't understand the process of acting and who try very hard to label things.
Well, it's wonderful to be identified strongly with my work.
Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.
John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London.
