Any Actor Who Tells You That He

I Don't Have A Preference Between Theatre And Film; I Like To Do Both. But I Will Say That There's Something About Theatre That Is More Nourishing And Sustaining Than Film Ever Can Be.

My Dad Was A Surgeon, My Mom A Nurse, And They Were Always Out Working. I Had Five Sisters And A Brother. They Didn't Care What I Got Up To.

I Was Born William. My Father Was William. I Came From A Big Family, I Hated Being Called Billy. Willem's A Nickname; It's A Dutch Name, Very Common In The Netherlands.

For Every Role, You Have To Always Find A Different Way To Approach It, One That's Specific And Suits What The Key Is. Every Role's A Mystery. I Think If You Know What It Is, You Probably Shouldn't Even Do It.

Mounting Those Red Stairs [in Cannes] Is Something I've Done With A Very Different Intention Many Times. So It's Interesting Any Time You Witness Those Shifts Of Perspective. The Beach Scenes Were Also Fun. It Felt Very Strange And Very Theatrical To Kind Of Commandeer It And Have La Mer Booming Over The Speakers.