My Mum Is Incredibly Intelligent.

You Must Be Really Bad, Because It Is A Puzzle. Creating Anything Is Hard. It’s A Cliché Thing To Say, But Every Time You Start A Job, You Just Don’t Know Anything. I Mean, I Can Break Something Down, But Ultimately I Don’t Know Anything When I Start Work On A New Movie. You Start Stabbing Out, And You Make A Mistake, And It’s Not Right, And Then You Try Again And Again. The Key Is You Have To Commit. And That’s Hard Because You Have To Find What It Is You Are Committing To.

The Ambition, The Drive, The Wanting To Be The Center Of Attention, The Wanting To Succeed... They're All Inside Me Somewhere.

Ultimately, I Think Writing Is A Mixture Of Craft, Inspiration, And Being Incredibly, Courageously Explorative With Yourself - And Being Brutally Honest, Too.

When You're Playing Someone Who Really Lived, You Carry A Burden, A Burden To Be Accurate.

I Don't Want To Repeat Myself. I'm Not Going To Play A Guy Like Allen In Happiness Again Any Time Soon Because I Did That And I Don't Want To Tarnish Or Dilute That Film By Doing It Again, Maybe Less Well.