In troubled times the last thing you want to do is to stick your money into a film. It's such a gamble.

To pursue a career in Hollywood you have to have a personality bypass. Look at the top 20 stars in the world - there's probably only two actors among them. Hollywood's not about you as an actor. It's about your currency, what you 'bring to the table'. And I've never been one to jump through hoops for anyone.

The quality of TV drama nowadays is getting better and better. They've had to invent a new term for it: 'high-end television.'

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