It's such a performance to bring stuff into America. It's a great luxury when I am in England.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The fact is that I loved being in England.
One of the brilliant things about Britain is the way you've managed to save old things but to keep using them - that they've not just become museums the way they do in the United States.
London has this culture of the theatre that is so big, it was a like a dream - but I never had a thought to be able to play here because my English was not very good. So being given the opportunity to come work here was like a gift.
Britain has enormous amount of talent, as we've seen from the BAFTAs. It's all here, and it has to be allowed to flourish.
You know, nobody eats in England. Three or four pints of English beer a night fills you. I can't say I'm very impressed with the food in America. it's all sort of bland. Like turkey sandwiches.
In France, if you have any sort of talent, you'd better keep it here. And if you're going to go abroad, it had better not be America. The old battle - American versus Frog cinema. It's ridiculous.
It's a big battle to bring quality stuff into theaters across America, for sure.
The English country house is certainly an icon of British culture.
Don't get me wrong - I'm a big fan of things American - but when American people do British stuff, it's so universally dreadful.
There's a certain lack of gimmickry to what I do that makes people in England go: 'Where's the thing?'