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Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

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Acting is about giving something away, handing yourself over to whatever role you are asked to play. I'm not hiding or escaping or seeking anonymity. I reserve the right not to have a rubber stamp on my forehead saying this is who I am. Because who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.

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I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.

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One of the most, in a weird way, encouraging things a director can say to an actor - I know this as an actor - is when you ask them a question, they say, I don't know - 'cause it means there's some space there for you to find out. And it means that there's going to be a process.

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I've learned, having been on a lot of sets, the good news is that by definition you are surrounded by experts. They get fired if they're not - unlike in the theatre!

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The point about a great story is that it's got a beginning, a middle and end.

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I think every English actor is nervous of a Newcastle accent.

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I am the character you are not supposed to like.

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And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.

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Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.

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What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.

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I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me.

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I don't play villains, I play very interesting people

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I have this feeling that if I could sort out what's on my dining room table, everything would fall into place.

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Mellow doesn't describe me. I'm hungry every day.

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The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.

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Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive.

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If you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine.

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Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself to quite a large extent.

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When I am asked about influences, I always say I bow down to Fred Astaire, because when you look at him dancing you never look at his extremities, do you? You look at his centre. What you never see is the hours of work that went into the routines, you just see the breathtaking spirit and freedom.

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