There are always going to be times when it doesn’t flow as much as you were hoping. So of course I’m going to fail. And when I do fail I hope I fail better and better, again and again. I am happy to fail.
I don’t know what my limitations are until I reach them. I look for the challenge.
Whether you’re a believer or not, I think there’s a huge value in understanding the quality of redemption.
It all felt like a terribly long time. It would have meant that I had to make five movies in five years and if you don’t like the movies, too bad. I guess I just wanted my freedom, and I think my life has been incredibly enhanced as a result.
I fall in love with contradictions without understanding. I can’t really portray them unless I do. So in a roundabout way I have to fall in love, it’s my duty. If love is about understanding and understanding is compassion and compassion is love, I have to have compassion towards the world.
But it’s a strange thing when people judge you because you’re not doing some big Hollywood film. Are you suggesting I should be in ‘The Dukes of Hazzard?’ I mean, hello?
I guess there’s nothing I don’t like about Merlin, in this presentation. I love everything, even the things I find despicable and abhorrent in Merlin. They’re actually a joy to ride on the tailcoats of.
You know what? Joy is the only guide. I’m going to have fun regardless.
The great thing about films is that you have access to this whole world of experts who teach you the skills your character’s supposed to have.
I can only put myself in the process and try to learn through the process. Sometimes it will go well and sometimes it won’t.