I suppose that's the European way, dangerous and hairy.

Bruce Lee was just so lightning-fast. People try to emulate him in whatever way they can, but to try and do what he was doing... you're just inspired by it; you're not trying to say, 'Look, I can do that.' No one can do what he did.

A franchise is dictated on the success of doing one film right, so if you can get it done correctly, you've got a chance of something else, but sometimes it just doesn't work that way. Ideally, it's insurance for the future; if you can do something, if you can find a character that people really do like, then you're very lucky.

I'm very fussy. I'm very hard to please.

People love stories about the mafia: 'The Godfather,' 'American Gangster.'

'The Bank Job,' for me, was a great opportunity for me to do some good acting, you know?