We get older and more sophisticated and a bit cleverer, but certainly boys - and men - are as childish and basic as we ever were.
The films I enjoy seeing are those that reveal lives I was unaware of... In different cultures or whatever.
An Oscar clears the deck of envy and resentment. You think, 'Well, I've got that. I can relax now.'
A make-up artist I know polished her Oscar and it lost its lustre. But if you don't polish it, it doesn't tarnish.
I never was a great Thatcher fan, and it wasn't a sad day in my life when she resigned.
In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying.
People smile at me as if they know me. I just smile back. They probably might know me.
If you're playing any real person, live or dead, you certainly have a responsibility to produce that reputation in some way.
I think we all have a selfish gene which rises to the top, sometimes. But then we're also all capable of a sudden magnanimity.
It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it.