I just love a challenge, and always have, and will do anything to make it interesting. I'll try anything, really, as long as it's a challenge and you can have some fun doing it.
From Malcolm McDowell
I think we're all a little afraid of the dark. If you lived in the country, as I did, there's nothing quite like country dark, which was really black. And as a child, your imagination runs wild.
The villains that I play, I always think that they are grounded, wonderful people with enormous intellects who are very exciting to spend an evening with. I never see them as bad people.
If you look a little punkish, then they're going to give you the parts. And if you play an iconic villain early on in your career, you tend to get asked to play one over and over and over again.
Once you commit to something, you've got to commit the whole way. Try and make the best of it.
The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.
There are no great scripts - just great films.
The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.
An actor cannot be a censor. I'm there to interpret.
You can't hold back. You can't think of the subtleties of playing. You just have to get out and really bare it all, and hopefully you don't fall off the plank. And if you do, hey, pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start all over again.
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