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Actors think they're far more important than they are, and that can only lead to hurt. People with colossal self-importance have very far to fall.

The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.

There is a misperception, if you will, in critical response or even in Hollywood, that I can only do exaggerated characters. Or what they would call over-the-top performances. Well, this is completely false.

It's very important to be able to distinguish the actors from the characters they play.

Screen work always boils down to that moment between the camera and the actor or the actors. It always boils down to that, ultimately. You serve the camera.

Well, I suppose that, in a sense, every screen role is a favourite with me.

You can see some very great theatre actors who don't work at all well on screen. They're trying too hard at it.

I feel that, for each show I've been doing, there's a character that dominates. Then in the next show it plays a smaller part, and then in the next it has a sort of cameo piece. So they all have their moment.

Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience.

Once you become the story off-screen, you are less likely to be the onscreen one.