The nice thing about New York is that you're finally able to wear those winter clothes that have been sitting in your closet in mothballs.

I've done Graham Norton's show three times now. He tackles taboos and subject matter that wouldn't make it past the censors in the States.

I'd like to do more Shakespeare. I'd like to do Iago in Othello. I look so benign. It would be interesting to see that black evil come out of my soul.

I questioned everything. I didn't see a character developed in Platoon at all. The character in Blue Velvet was much more fascinating to me.

Actors have an unusual perspective on clothing. You've really got to know the impact of what you're wearing on the character you're playing.

Hollywood is not good when it comes to age.

As an actor, you’re always in situations that can be compromising. But you can wipe away that gray area by making a choice.

Doing a film, or being sent scripts to look at a certain character, it’s very odd for me. I tend to take it very personally.

For the time it takes to make the film, you are treated like a cosseted pet. Then the process is over, and you’re hung out to dry. It’s like being a mink.

I get very caught up with things. I used to be dominated by domestic things. I had a lovely house in LA-and it became this growing, mad obsession.