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I wanted to work with Mike Leigh. I had my list of British people I wanted to work with, and I wanted to work with David Lynch and Woody Allen.

I've worked with a lot of great directors.

Mike Leigh and Ken Loach are the people I look up to. They are quality film-makers making interesting, controversial, ground-breaking movies with very little eye on the marketplace.

I have worked with some very great directors.

I have worked with some great directors.

I had a really good time working with Jim Cameron. A lot of people didn't, but I did as I got on with him really quite well. For a director who spends most of his time looking down a lens or in the digitisation studio or working out some graphics, he is actually very good with actors.

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

I directed before I was even in television; I directed in the theatre for seven years, so that was my trade anyway. But in the UK, I've given up any hope of being considered a director.

In England, I've had a more balanced career directing and acting. It can be quite difficult to juggle the two careers.

I would love to work with Cameron Crowe; he's definitely one of my favorite directors.