Edward Norton and I have known each other awhile. I just think he’s the real deal, supremely talented and smart. He’s got a great sense of humor.
After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley.
I certainly identify with the role of mentor and, to some degree, maybe teacher. I do a lot of work with kids at the Old Vic.
Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higher the fences get.
If you haven’t turned rebel by twenty you’ve got no heart if you haven’t turned establishment by thirty you’ve got no brains!
I like being able to go to a local pub and have great food and particularly love pubs that welcome my dogs.
There are ways in which you can make sure that even if people come to the theatre because they know an actor or actress, by the end, they’ve forgotten that, and they leave going, ‘Wow – what an amazing play.’
It’s a great thriller or mystery, but on another level it’s a film about the fact that, if you only look at a person through one lens, or only believe what you’re told, you can often miss the truth that is staring you in the face.
Whether that’s positive or not, people are talking about the Old Vic Theater again with passion and commitment and controversy and debate.
Maybe there are people who are gamers who haven’t seen movies I have made, or the movies I have made have made no impression on them at all.
My mother was sarcastic and delightful and, trust me, quite remarkable.
I have long been a supporter of The Prince’s Trust, and so when American Express asked me to launch ‘Amex Be Inspired’ and help young people build their confidence and fulfil their potential, I was delighted to get involved.
While the sciences are hugely important, let us not leave behind a child’s imagination.
Partisan rancour and party politics and ideology have got in the way of compromise – and compromise is the only thing that has ever made politics successful.
I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman.
My life will change, because I want it to change; and also because this is something I’m committed to doing and that I believe my life has been leading towards.
I’m not someone who’s led my life trying to get publicity I’d rather do my work and go home.