Just learn the whole script before you start shooting. That makes shooting a joy. Even if they rewrite, it's easy.
The first 10 years I was a professional actor, I did Shakespeare.
Before I accept a job, I always talk to folks about it. Why does he kill these 22 people? If they say, What difference does it make? I know we have nothing more to talk about. A character has to be three-dimensional.
I wanted to be in The Emerald Forest. I chased that one for six months before it all came about. I wanted to work with John Boorman!
I think Im pretty politically informed, and I find myself watching Senate hearings on C-SPAN.
The word love is never mentioned in big business.
I like silent pictures and I always have. . . I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way: one of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines through British history. Our commitment to fairness, fair play and civic duty.
. . . in the movies Paris is designed as a backdrop for only three things--love, fashion shows, and revolution.