My Mother Is A Professor Of Early

The Danger Of Course Is Always Is Caricature. The Biggest Challenge Was To Sound Like Nelson Mandela. Everything Else Is Easy To Do, Walk Like Him. He Has A Few Ticks And Things I Noticed That I Picked Up. I Didn't Have Any Agenda, As It Were, In Playing The Role Other Than To Bring It As Close To Reality As I Possibly Could.

I Love Shooting, When The Character Is Interesting And The Script Is Interesting, But The Research Beforehand Is Really Fun. The Whole Process Makes Me Anxious And Restless, And I Have Trouble Sleeping, Just Trying To Figure Out The Character.

I Think It's Still Hard For Me To Turn Down Work If It's Really Good Because For So Many Years I Was Desperate To Get A Job And Couldn't, So I Think It's Anathema For Me To Turn Down Work If I Think It's Really Good.

It's Better To Be A Fake Somebody Than A Real Nobody.

I've Passed On A Lot Of Huge-money Jobs. Money Doesn't Enter Into The Decision-making. If I Do A Big Blockbuster, It's About How Big An Audience You'll Get And Where You Can Take Them.