Nothing Brings You Closer Together

I'm Fully Aware That If I Were To Change Professions Tomorrow, Become An Astronaut And Be The First Man To Land On Mars, The Headlines In The Newspapers Would Read: `mr. Darcy Lands On Mars.

Directors Don't Get To See Other Directors At Work - They're The Only One On The Set. I've Met Directors Who've Asked Me What Another Filmmaker Is Like. So, There's Probably Nobody Better Placed To Make All The Comparisons And To Pick Up Stuff Than An Actor.

I Do Think A Good Story In A Novel Is Fair Game And There's Nothing Wrong With Adapting That. It Sometimes Gets A Bit Facile Where They Think: "let's Get The Next Best-seller And See If We Can Turn It Into A Film."

It's A Very Dangerous State. You Are Inclined To Recklessness And Kind Of Tune Out The Rest Of Your Life And Everything That's Been Important To You. It's Actually Not All That Pleasurable. I Don't Know Who The Hell Wants To Get In A Situation Where You Can't Bear An Hour Without Somebody's Company.

'la Dolce Vita' Made We Want To Go To Rome And, If Not Jump Into The Trevi Fountain, At Least Watch Someone Else Do It. Maybe That's Why I Married An Italian...!