I don't just like to have 1 take, but not too many. I think it is good to keep it alive.

I think there is a lot of overexplaining both in writing and acting. People don't need to be hit on the head.

I watch a film and the most important thing to me is what I think of the movie.

I do a lot better if I sit around and think about a character for a couple of months.

I think it's dangerous to get into ideas of planning careers.

You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies.

I've got an age that I do think of myself.

Any actor who starts taking `sex symbol' seriously or thinks of themselves as a sex symbol has got some serious problems. I don't mind looking like I need a good wash and a good meal.

I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.