You have to attempt to be objective about yourself.

You have to be selfish to be an actor.

I like approbation. Any actor who tells you they don't is lying.

Politics is the most corrupt profession on Earth, no matter where you are.

I'm playing one of the principal roles, which gives you more clout and more confidence.

A while ago, I did a television adaptation of 'Bleak House,' and the character I played, as far as I was concerned, had no redeeming features whatsoever. I wasn't about to try to find any; I didn't need to.