I Think Every English Actor

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.

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.

I Was A Student In London In The '70s, So Cbgb Really Wasn't On My Radar At All. Obviously, I Was Aware Of The Emergence Of The Police In England And As An Art Student, I Was Very Aware Of David Byrne, But I Suppose My Musical Taste At That Time Certainly Didn't Stretch Towards The Dead Boys Or The Ramones.

Every So Often You Read A Play And A Character Just Speaks To You - Almost Seems To Speak Through You, In Fact.

Acting Touches Nerves You Have Absolutely No Control Over.