From My Experience, I Think

Maverick Is A Word Which Appeals To Me More Than Misfit. Maverick Is Active, Misfit Is Passive.

You Can Act Truthfully Or You Can Lie. You Can Reveal Things About Yourself Or You Can Hide. Therefore, The Audience Recognizes Something About Themselves Or They Don't -- You Hope They Don't Leave The Theatre Thinking That Was Nice...now Where's The Cab?'

Each Character I Play Has Different Dimensions. I'm Not Interested In Words That Pull Them Together.

We're Dead As A Species If We Don't Tell Stories, Because Then We Don't Know Who We Are.

Certainly As Actors, And Maybe As Directors, You've Got To Hang On To Something Childlike. You've Got To Know What Play Is. I Haven't Worked With Mike Leigh, But I Know Him Very Well And There's Something Open In His Eyes About What's In Front Of Him. And The Same Is True Of Alfonso In A Mexican, Mad Way. There's An Enthusiastic Response To Something. Neil Jordan, The Same, When He Gets Excited . You Just Want To Know There's A Human Being In There.