Broadly speaking, there are two kinds of acting: character acting and lead acting. And in my life, to begin with, in the 1980s, it was all character acting. And then when, by fluke, through 'Four Weddings', I got into doing lead parts, it's a completely different thing.

I wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't fun. It's just a whole different thing these days.

I actually feel that the different kinds of stories come out of different parts of my brain.

I grew up around horses, but acting and riding on camera is a whole different thing.

And then a great thing in my life was going to India.

If you do too much acting in a lead part in a feature film where you're 40 ft. high, it's rather unattractive. You can see the acting. And it's actually the right thing to do to bring as much of yourself, I believe, to the part as you possibly can - to minimize the amount of theatrical stuff that you need to do.