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I like the idea of being a sculptor. Just me alone, making something - that solitary existence.
If you're not engaged in the writing and it doesn't grab you then you just don't want to do it.
There's something very self-conscious about a writer who's addressing his reader. Don't do that.
I've done nudity in lots of things before. It's something that's never particularly bothered me.
I don't pay much attention to career or what other people think. I've always been quite arrogant.
I would tend to be drawn to independent cinema as a viewer, probably more than the big blockbuster.
I don't think having separate bathrooms is a key to a successful marriage, if you love one another.
My heart aches completely, every hour, every day, and only when I'm with you does the pain go away.
I trained in the theatre and I love the theatre. I get such a thrill seeing anything in the theatre.
I love exploring in a rehearsal room with other actors, scenes and you know, stuff you are scared of.
When you take the R sound out of French accent, and you just replace it with an R, it sounds Mexican.
So, no, I'm not trying to crack into Hollywood, although I'll make films there if they're good scripts.
I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now that would be interesting.
I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now, that would be interesting.
From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London.
I'm a father of four girls and I know very much about the relationship between a father and his daughters.
It's not my job to try and alter the director's style - he's in charge, and I'll always give him my trust.
No, no I'm not, no, but I just think... when people are naked it tells you a lot about their relationships.
I left halfway through my third year to start Lipstick On Your Collar, which was the first thing I ever did.
I've been waiting nearly twenty years to have my own light saber. Nothing's cooler than being a Jedi Knight.
Everything you do on set is directly related to your imagination when you read the script for the first time.
I think rehearsal can be important if it's done in a way that works. Often, rehearsal can be a waste of time.
You know, an audition usually is you come in and read the scene and if you're lucky, you get to read it twice.
I can't know what I'm going to do before I'm in front of the lens. And I think that sort of makes it exciting.
I've sort of done a play every four or five years I guess if I look back in my career. And I think that's good.
My wife's French. I mean I speak a bit of French but I've lived amongst French, you know, most of my adult life.
I started watching golf for the first time yesterday. I`m really worried about myself. I was actually enjoying it.
I love acting and don't find it to be very hard. I recognize when I've nailed it, and I can be very proud of myself.
I think you know, to not open your mind to television is silly because there's so much good work happening on television.
Isn't Halle Berry the most beautiful woman? I have a film I'd like to be in her with. I mean, I'd like to be with her in.
Starting with a party scene for 600 cast and end up singing on top of a giant elephant...does it get any better than this?
When I was a kid I was much happier watching old movies than kids' TV, and I ended up watching all the old Ealing comedies.
He`s quite extraordinary with his moves and spins. I think he was a baton girl in a past life [on his co-star Hayden Christensen].
I was determined to make working with UNICEF not just something that I did on the trip but something I'd do for the rest of my life
I would encourage you as a screenwriter to trust your story and don't make notes for the actors or don't make notes for the reader.
I think if you're going on thinking oh, I can do this with my eyes shut, then it's probably not the right thing to be doing, you know.
For the actors, there's something very important about that first showing of the scene to the crew, becomes like a little performance.
A tent, a roll mat, a little bit of food, a bit of petrol in your tank and a vague idea of where you're going and that's all you need.
I worked as a waiter when I was 15 and got a chance to appreciate good, simple food. There's nothing better than a boiled egg with toast.
I have worked with a lot of great directors but my favorites are all entirely different from one another. They don't go about it the same way.
The beautiful thing about it is that no two directors or actors work the same way. You also learn not to be afraid of discussion and conflict.
I keep waiting to be invited to the hip hop party, I've never been. So if there's anyone out there who is having a hip hop party, I'd like to come.
I had extra thick light sabers because mine kept getting bent. I'd be halfway through a fight and it would be like 'Oops, sorry! Mine's bent again!
When you've got a date on your calendar saying that you will be putting this in front of people in four weeks, that will get your nerves good, yeah.
I was getting in trouble at school. I wasn't happy. The school was very much a school that created people for commerce and it wasn't an arty school.
No, I'm putting it away, trying to buy a house for my family. The goal is to use the money to move into a big house, so my daughter can have a garden.
Ultimately, you have to not worry about people thinking you should have played him differently. You're the one playing the part so it has to be yours.
You would never dream of going on to play a scene in front of an audience at least without having rehearsed it. But you do somehow in front of a camera.
As a child I was taken to the pantomime or the theatre and I would always, always fall in love with somebody on the stage. And want to have sex with them.
I'm lucky enough that financially I don't have to feel obliged to go for the bigger stuff. I like the stories and scripts to dictate if I want to do them.