I'm much softer than people think. I don't present to the world an emotional face. I'm pretty good at self-control, but I am easily moved.

I think acting is a mixture of instinct, imagination and inventiveness. All you can learn as an actor is basic technique.

There are many vampires in the world today - you only have to think of the film business.

I think that - apart from the fields of science and medicine - we live in an age of decline. Look at the world. There is decline in morals, ideals, manners, respect, truthfulness: just about everything, in fact.