I'm not that comfortable with actors receiving honours, partly because I think they ought to go to those who really help others.
The films I enjoy seeing are those that reveal lives I was unaware of... In different cultures or whatever.
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.
An Oscar clears the deck of envy and resentment. You think, 'Well, I've got that. I can relax now.'
We get older and more sophisticated and a bit cleverer, but certainly boys - and men - are as childish and basic as we ever were.
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.
We get older and more sophisticated and a bit cleverer, but certainly boys - and men - are as childish and basic as we ever were.
If you're playing any real person, live or dead, you certainly have a responsibility to produce that reputation in some way.
An Oscar clears the deck of envy and resentment. You think, 'Well, I've got that. I can relax now.'