You Come Into This World As You

The Number Of People My Age, Younger Now, A Whole Generation Younger, Who Are Fiercely Bright, Over-educated, Under-employed And Who Are Politicised And Purposeless Really Upsets Me. It's Soul-destroying.

The Generation Now Below Me Were Born Into A World Where If You're A Kid With Raw Talent Now, You Can Roll In And Land A Lead In A Scorsese Film. You Don't Have To Have Prove Yourself By Working Up The Ranks, Doing The Classics, And Getting The Canon Under Your Belt In The Way The Great Sirs And Dames Of Mom And Dad's Generation - The [ben] Kingsleys And [helen] Mirrens And [anthony] Hopkinses And People Of That Ilk.

I Would Love To Just Have The Work Do The Talking. We're In Positions Where People Ask Us Questions; They Want To Know About More Than Just The Work. And It Can Go Into Areas Where I've Completely Shot My Mouth Off, Whether It's Too Much About My Private Life Or Being Too Opinionated About Things In The World. I Think The Better Thing To Do - I've Learned This From People Far Wiser Than Me - Is To Do Very Good, Quiet Work Behind Closed Doors.

Because Reading Is One Of The Joys Of Life, And Once You Begin, You Can't Stop, And You've Got So Many Stories To Look Forward To.

I Think The Characters Are Supposed To Be An Open Book, Blank Canvas.