No One Needs To Feel Sorry For

Before Acting, I Wanted To Become A Journalist. I Also Toyed With The Idea Of Being A Chef - But That's Only When People Asked Me What I Wanted To Be. In Fact, I Always Used To Say I Wanted To Be An Actor, But I Didn't Ever Believe That I Was Good Enough To Be Come One.

I Think If I Were Asked To Do As Many As Fifty Takes, I Would Assume The Director Had No Idea What He Wanted, And Was Just Hoping, Eventually, To See It.

Quite Low Down In The List Is "how Much Am I Going To Be Paid?"... My Main Feeling About Money Is That I Don`t Want To Feel As Though I`m Being Taken Advantage Of... The Other Actors They Asked To Play Gandalf Wouldn`t Go To New Zealand On That Money For That Length Of Time. I Thought It Would Be A Bit Of An Adventure... I`m An Eccentric Actor, And There`s A Lot Of Us Around.

The Performance Is Created By The Director. The Actor Is The Material. And I Think That Has To Be True.

When You Were On Stage, You Could Be Absolutely Open About Your Emotions And Indulge Them And Express Yourself In A Way That - In Real Life - I Wasn't Doing.