Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through.

It's a risk casting anyone against type or what they're known to do. But there's one thing better than having a great actor, which is having a great actor who's never done what you're asking him to do. He's hungry to get out of the trailer every day and hungry to test himself.

Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie.

Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.

The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words.

You have to have a secret... There is a hidden movie in all the best films. The secret is in every frame... in a good movie, there is always a shadow movie underneath the text, which allows the film to float above reality.