I identified with Pip from 'Great Expectations,' especially when I was younger; I had the same kind of gaucheness and uncertainty.

There's no shortage of orphans in 19th-century literature, but it's hard to find a single happy, communicative, functional parental relationship in the whole of 'Great Expectations,' even among the minor characters.

Fear and anxiety are great motivators for me.

It was the first time they lowered expectations since going public in 2002. It created an uncertainty.

I've had a great metamorphosis in my life. I struggled for a number of years because I was identified with that image of the Seventies.

I love Billy Wilder, and I love the way that his films can be very touching and very moving and very romantic, and at the same time there's always a little cynical undertone, there's always something that undercuts things.