When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.

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I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language.

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It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity.

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The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.

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But filming is good for you, because the crew isn't allowed to laugh. You can't get addicted to getting the laugh.

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John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London.

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The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.

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I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me.

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I've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending to be somebody else. I'm deeply fortunate.

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I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had.

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