"One thing that is likely to make you lose touch is if you keep in touch with the past too much." — John Hurt

Parents are the worst teachers, if they are good at it and you're not. My father thought I was the densest offspring he could have produced.

It's quite a dangerous career move to go wilfully on making films that may not find a distributor.

I gave up religious thinking a long time ago and am really just an agnostic now.

I didn't want to teach. I wanted to act. It was quite a long and difficult road to get there but very thrilling when I did.