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I think that any actor - any artist, period - would love to work with an artist like Lee Daniels.

I feel very privileged to have worked with a lot of outstanding actors: Alun Armstrong, Peter Mullan, Matt Smith and Andrew Garfield.

I'm largely interested in people who are just great actors, and they're not necessarily hugely famous.

Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically and mentally, were very strong.

My favourite actor is Daniel Day Lewis. He's the finest actor in Hollywood. I've studied his performances.

I had three influential teachers. The first was Uta Hagen. The second two, Bobby Lewis and my late husband, Charles Kakatsakis, were both from the Actors Studio.

Any good actor is a character actor.

Jason Lee made me laugh all the time because he's so big, and I love how goofy bodies can be.