I'm A Lot Less Serious Than People

The Audience Should Feel Like Voyeurs. Their Response Is Absolutely Crucial.

Three Children Have Become Adults Since A Phone Call With Jo Rowling, Containing One Small Clue, Persuaded Me That There Was More To Snape Than An Unchanging Costume, And That Even Though Only Three Of The Books Were Out At That Time, She Held The Entire Massive But Delicate Narrative In The Surest Of Hands.

Certainly As Actors, And Maybe As Directors, You've Got To Hang On To Something Childlike. You've Got To Know What Play Is. I Haven't Worked With Mike Leigh, But I Know Him Very Well And There's Something Open In His Eyes About What's In Front Of Him. And The Same Is True Of Alfonso In A Mexican, Mad Way. There's An Enthusiastic Response To Something. Neil Jordan, The Same, When He Gets Excited . You Just Want To Know There's A Human Being In There.

When I Get Off The Plane In England I Always Feel About Two Inches Shorter.

Maverick Is A Word Which Appeals To Me More Than Misfit. Maverick Is Active, Misfit Is Passive.