'Once Upon A Time In America' is one of the cleverest films of all time, because you can get out of it whatever you want to get out of it.

Every job I take, within minutes I'm thinking, 'I can't do this.' I think it's what makes me work. People think I just swagger in and do it. But I doubt myself all the time. It's what pushes me, what makes me work harder. The older I get, the less I take for granted.

In terms of directors, great actors make directors - Gary Oldman was great to work with, for me; Tim Roth, too. You work with Scorsese and Spielberg and they were wonderful directors, but for me, working with actor/directors is special.

I remember years ago I was an extra, just an extra, and instead of asking me to move - he was a big fella - the director just picked me up and moved me. And I headbutted him. You know, he shouldn't have done that, but I shouldn't have done that either. I just done it.

Whatever it is you want to do, take a job in that field. You will learn by experience and, slow and steady, you'll get it done!

At acting school people didn't speak like me. It was all received pronunciation - 'ow now brown cow.'