A film seeking to create change on a difficult issue should not try to provide a definitive historical overview, nor present an op-ed style argument.
Certainly Amadeus because it was a very powerful time for me, we filmed it in the Czech Republic at a time of lots of social and political change going on in that part of the world.
I've always thought photography was a bit of an adventure, so to come home with the film, develop it, then look at the results has more of a sense of excitement.
I'm purely most happy on a film or television set. That's where I feel I am home.
You make a film you feel is as real as possible and hope people react as though it were real.
I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.
Now having said that, I realize that releasing a film in the real world is like trying to get General Motors to release a handmade car.
I loved theatre and film when I was growing up in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. My mum's a reflexologist and my dad's a corporate financier.
It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way.
I'd like to widen my education. I'd definitely like to widen my film range. I mean, I'd love to do some theater.
Film is something that came later into my life. I had a Jesuit education, and I consider acting and the theater as kind of a calling - a vocation.
The key is working with great directors. A film is so many different people and all their talents, but particularly the directors, because of the idiosyncrasies of that person.
I looked back on the roaring Twenties, with its jazz, 'Great Gatsby' and the pre-Code films as a party I had somehow managed to miss.
Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be.
The great thing about films is that you have access to this whole world of experts who teach you the skills your character's supposed to have.
Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not.
I always liked Disney films. To this day I think 'Bambi' is great.
I think anytime you can do something you haven't seen or done in a film before, it's always a great day as an actor.
The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.
There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?
It's great to work in film and TV, and I love it, but there's nothing that can replace that instantaneous storytelling you get in theater.
