When I Was About 5 I Think,

I Would Be Extremely Stupid If I Said That My Looks Had Absolutely Nothing To Do With What I Do, It [moviemaking] Is A Visual Medium. I'm Perfectly Aware Of That, The Face And The Body Help. Of Course They Do.

I Don't Have A Problem With My Body. I'm Not Just Going To Strip Off All My Clothing, But If The Part Calls For It And I Don't Think There's Any Way Round, I'm Absolutely Fine.

If Only I Wasn't An Atheist, I Could Get Away With Anything. You'd Just Ask For Forgiveness And Then You'd Be Forgiven. It Sounds Much Better Than Having To Live With Guilt.

I’ve Noticed That The People Who Started On Film Still Have The Ability To See The Person In Front Of Them. Whereas For A Lot Of Photographers Who Have Only Ever Worked In Digital, The Relationship Between The Photographer And The Person Who They’re Taking A Picture Of Sort Of Doesn’t Exist Anymore. They’re Looking At A Computer Screen As Opposed To The Person.

I Worked With John Maybury On The Jacket And I Think He's An Extraordinary Film-maker. I Read The First Drafts Of This Piece When I Was Working On The Jacket, And We'd So Fallen In Love With Him That We Thought He Was The Only Person That Should Direct This! We Wrote Poems For Him, We Sent Him Champagne And Cakes. Four Years Later He Finally Read It.