Up There On The Screen, We Can

I Always Think Of Comedy As Being Spontaneous, And Yet Everything About Filmmaking Is Not Spontaneous.

I'm Fully Aware That I Am A Lucky, Lucky Man. This Oscar Belongs To All Of Those People Around The World Battling Als. It Belongs To One Exceptional Family, And I Will Be It's Custodian And I Promise You That I Will Polish Him, And Wait On Him Hand And Foot.

Everything About Filmmaking Is Incredibly Weird, And There's Nothing Natural About Watching Yourself On The Big Screen Or Hearing Your Voice. It's That Same Thing That You Feel When You Watch Yourself On A Video Camera And You Hate The Sound Of Your Voice - It's That Times 800.

Listen, Acting Is Not Surgery, It's Entertainment. You're Doing Something To Hopefully Move People, To Make Them Laugh, To Transport Them. But Actors Are Vulnerable, And The Reason We're Vulnerable Is That We're Always Trying To Recreate Human Behaviour.

Making 'birdsong,' On The One Hand You Have How Prestigious It Is And The Reputation Of The Book, Which Is Something That's An Extraordinary Piece Of Work. Sebastian Faulkes Is A Genius. So You Feel That Responsibility When You're Portraying That Character That He's Imagined And Millions Of Readers Have Pictured.