I Tend To Read Non-fiction.

Over The Years, I Have Been Asked To Play These Sort Of Scary Frenetic Characters That Express Their Emotions Physically.

You Take What You Know, And You Put It Through Your Own Prism. If I Play Characters That Break Down Or Cry, It's Gary Oldman Crying; It's Not The Character Crying.

You Always Hope That The Cloak Of Inspiration Will Fall, And You'll Be O.k.

Whats Fascinating Is That When You Write A Script, Its Almost A Stream Of Consciousness. You Have An Idea That It Means Something, But Youre Not Always Sure What. Then When You Get On The Set, The Actors Teach You.

It's Becoming Increasingly Harder And Harder; There's No Such Thing As Independent Film Anymore. There Aren't Any, They Don't Exist. In The Old Days You Could Go And Get A Certain Amount Of The Budget With Foreign Sales, Now Everybody Wants A Marketable Angle.