When I Get Off The Plane In

I Never Expected To Have Any Kind Of Film Career, To Be Honest. It Was All A Bit Of A Surprise. But I Was In A Big Hit Play On Broadway. America, As Many People Will Say, Says Yes More Often Than We Do. And So I Was Suddenly Surrounded By People Saying Yes. But I Was Aware That Was 'cause Of What I Was In. It Had A Big Impact.

Los Angeles Is Not A Town Full Of Airheads. There's A Great Deal Of Wonderful Energy There.

When I Am Asked About Influences, I Always Say I Bow Down To Fred Astaire, Because When You Look At Him Dancing You Never Look At His Extremities, Do You? You Look At His Centre. What You Never See Is The Hours Of Work That Went Into The Routines, You Just See The Breathtaking Spirit And Freedom.

I Always Feel That When I Come To Edinburgh, In Many Ways I Am Coming Home.

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.